N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 2594-B

Current through 2024 NY Law Chapters 1-59 and 61-121

Section 2594-B - [Effective and Repealed 8/6/2024] New York state community doula directory

1. The department shall establish and maintain a community doula directory for doulas on the department's internet website for the purposes of Medicaid reimbursement and promoting doula services to Medicaid recipients.

2. The directory shall include the following information concerning doulas such as:

(a) the name of the doula who provides doula services;

(b) the address and location of where the doula provides doula services;

(c) the name of each Medicaid provider that employs or contracts with a doula to provide doula services to eligible Medicaid recipients;

(d) the doula's national provider identification number, if applicable; and

(e) all documentation of criteria pursuant to section twenty-five hundred ninety-four-c of this title.

3. The department shall determine the method of registration and the documentation required to verify such criteria has been met.

4. Each doula shall be responsible for completing the requirements pursuant to section twenty-five hundred ninety-four-c of this title.

5. The department shall not impose any fee on any doula to register for admittance into the

6. The community doula directory shall be publicly accessible at no cost to the doula or birthing person looking to hire a doula in their community.

N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 2594-B

Repealed by New York Laws 2024, ch. 18,Sec. 1, eff. 8/6/2024.

Added by New York Laws 2023, ch. 607,Sec. 2, eff. 8/6/2024.