1. (1) An eligible Medicaid member may only obtain doula services from a doula enrolled with Medicaid.

2. (2) Each doula providing services to an eligible Medicaid member shall be enrolled with the division through the certification or experience pathway.

   1. (a) The certification pathway requires that a doula:

      1. (i) complete a division-approved doula training program;
      2. (ii) has attended at least three births within the last five years;
      3. (iii) be cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training certified; and
      4. (iv) sign the doula provider attestation.

   2. (b) The experience pathway requires that a doula:

      1. (i) attest to having knowledge and competency in prenatal, labor and delivery, postpartum, lactation, newborn support, guidance, and education;
      2. (ii) submit four letters of recommendation, of which two letters are from a clinical member of a birth team for a previously attended birth, such as a nurse, nurse practitioner, midwife, or obstetrician;
      3. (iii) has attended at least ten births within the past two years and, of those births, acted as a doula for five;
      4. (iv) be CPR training certified; and
      5. (v) sign the doula provider attestation.

KEY: Medicaid

Date of Last Change: January 20, 2026

Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 26B-1-213; 26B-3-108; 26B-3-229