With Ohio ranking poorly in infant-mortality and pregnancy-related deaths, lawmakers say the time to act is now
Ohio Senate Assistant Minority Whip Paula Hicks-Hudson speaks on a renewed effort to fund doula services through the Ohio Department of Medicaid.
Doulas are non-medical professionals who are trained with evidence-based practices to help pregnant individuals go through their pregnancies, from pre-natal care to advice and help with toddlers. The care is not reimbursed through the Ohio Department of Medicaid, and often organizations providing the service work under grants and donations.
“Now, Ohio has the opportunity, recognizing that we are in the bottom five in the nation, we have the opportunity to fund a model that can help us improve our birth outcomes and our maternal mortality rate,” said Angela Dawson, executive director of the Ohio Commission on Minority Health., where it passed the House with an 82-3 vote, and saw three hearings in the Senate before it hit a wall at the end of the GA.
The Department of Medicaid will also be required to release annual reports on the outcomes related to doula services, including on maternal health and state fiscal impacts as well. White and Reynolds both touched on GOP pro-life priorities, saying supporting doulas in the ways written in the bill fits in with that priority.
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