AB386: Revises provisions relating to midwives. (BDR 54-111)

Legislative Summary

AN ACT relating to midwives; establishing the Board of Licensed Certified Professional Midwives and requiring the Board to adopt certain regulations; requiring the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services to perform certain tasks relating to the regulation of licensed certified professional midwives; providing for the licensure of licensed certified professional midwives; authorizing a licensed certified professional midwife to utilize a certified professional midwife birth assistant under certain circumstances; prescribing requirements relating to the practice of certified professional midwifery; requiring any midwife who provides services in this State to provide to clients a Community Birth Disclosure; authorizing a licensed certified professional midwife to possess, administer and order certain drugs, devices, chemicals and solutions; creating a special endorsement authorizing a licensed certified professional midwife to order, dispense and implant certain devices; creating a special endorsement authorizing a licensed certified professional midwife to possess, administer, prescribe and dispense certain drugs; exempting a licensed certified professional midwife and other providers of health care from certain liability; prohibiting certain persons from performing midwifery; requiring Medicaid to cover the services of a licensed certified professional midwife; authorizing a licensed certified professional midwife to serve as the director of a freestanding birthing center; specifying the midwives to which certain requirements apply; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.