HB 5062
To create the Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies Act
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Bill overview
House Bill 5062, the Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies Act, aims to improve maternity and infant care in West Virginia by expanding Medicaid coverage for pregnant women and newborns to 185% of the federal poverty level, including coverage up to one year postpartum. The bill also increases reimbursement rates for prenatal, delivery, and postpartum services, establishes a maternal and infant health care system, and includes provisions for remote monitoring, doula and community health worker support, and remote ultrasound procedures. It seeks to reduce infant mortality rates within the state.
Key provisions
- Extends Medicaid coverage to pregnant women and newborns up to 185% of the federal poverty level, including one-year postpartum care.
- Increases Medicaid reimbursement rates for prenatal, delivery, and postpartum care to at least $600.
- Includes infants under Medicaid coverage for those born after October 1, 1983, with family incomes at or below 100% of the federal poverty level.
- Requires the Department of Health to develop a maternal and infant health care system with quality assurance measures.
- Provides coverage for self-measurement blood pressure monitoring for pregnant and postpartum women.
- Reimburses for medically necessary remote ultrasound procedures.
- Reimburses doulas and community health workers for home visitation services.
- Allows reimbursement for tubal ligation without a 30-day waiting period.
Who is affected
- Pregnant women
- Newborn infants
- Healthcare providers
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