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HB2423 • 2026
MEDICAID-MATERNAL HLTH-DOULAS
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MEDICAID-MATERNAL HLTH-DOULAS
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Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2026
Approved for Consideration Assignments
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 21, 2026
Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
Approved for Consideration Assignments
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading October 15, 2025
Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Rule 2-10 Third Reading/Passage Deadline Established As June 1, 2025
Do Pass as Amended Executive ; 009-004-000
Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading
Second Reading
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 20, 2025
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 23, 2025
Assigned to Executive
Arrive in Senate
Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Lakesia Collins
First Reading
Referred to Assignments
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Human Services Committee ; 012-000-000
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Human Services Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Yolonda Morris
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
Second Reading - Short Debate
Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Human Services Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Yolonda Morris
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch
Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee ; 012-000-000
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa Davis
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicolle Grasse
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Briel
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Gill
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Crawford
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William "Will" Davis
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne M. Ness
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jawaharial Williams
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
Assigned to Human Services Committee
First Reading
Referred to Rules Committee
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Yolonda Morris
MEDICAID-MATERNAL HLTH-DOULAS
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Full Text of HB2423 Home Legislation Full Text HB2423 - 104th General Assembly Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Select Menu Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Printer Friendly Version Introduced Engrossed House Amendment 001 House Amendment 002 Senate Amendment 001 Printer Friendly Version Introduced Engrossed House Amendment 001 House Amendment 002 Senate Amendment 001 Open PDF HB2423 Engrossed LRB104 11310 KTG 21396 b 1 AN ACT concerning public aid. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by 5 adding Sections 5-18.6 and 5-18.7 as follows: 6 (305 ILCS 5/5-18.6 new) 7 Sec. 5-18.6. Doula policies; hospitals and birthing 8 centers. 9 (a) Recognizing the importance that doulas provide in the 10 support and advocacy for pregnant persons, within 6 months 11 after this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, all 12 hospitals with licensed obstetric beds and birthing centers 13 shall adopt and maintain written policies and procedures to 14 permit a patient enrolled in the medical assistance program to 15 have an Illinois Medicaid certified and enrolled doula of the 16 patient's choice accompany the patient within the facility's 17 premises for the purposes of providing support before, during, 18 and after labor and childbirth. 19 (1) An Illinois Medicaid certified and enrolled doula 20 shall not be counted as a support person or against the 21 guest quota before, during, or after childbirth. 22 (2) Each applicable facility shall post a summary of 23 the facility's policies and procedures adopted in HB2423 Engrossed - 2 - LRB104 11310 KTG 21396 b 1 accordance with this subsection on its website, including 2 contact information to facilitate communication between 3 the facility and Illinois Medicaid enrolled doulas and 4 doula organizations. 5 (b) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to provide 6 a doula with access to a patient when that access is 7 inconsistent with generally accepted medical standards or 8 practices. 9 (c) Nothing in this Section is intended to expand or limit 10 the malpractice liability of a hospital beyond the limits 11 existing in current Illinois statutory and common law; 12 however, no hospital shall be liable for any act or omission 13 resulting from the provision of services by any doula solely 14 on the basis that the hospital permitted an Illinois Medicaid 15 certified and enrolled doula of the patient's choice to 16 accompany the patient within the facility's premises for the 17 purposes of providing support before, during, and after labor 18 and childbirth. The hospital and Illinois Medicaid certified 19 and enrolled doula providing care are responsible for their 20 own acts and omissions. 21 (d) At the request of the hospital or birthing facility, 22 Illinois Medicaid enrolled doulas must provide written 23 acknowledgment of Illinois Medicaid doula certification and 24 enrollment in the medical assistance program. 25 (305 ILCS 5/5-18.7 new) HB2423 Engrossed - 3 - LRB104 11310 KTG 21396 b 1 Sec. 5-18.7. Standing recommendations. The Department of 2 Healthcare and Family Services and the Department of Public 3 Health may establish standing recommendations to meet Centers 4 for Medicare and Medicaid Services requirements and ensure 5 access to preventive services, including Medicaid-covered 6 maternal and reproductive health supports and services, such 7 as, but not limited to, doulas, lactation consultants, home 8 visitors, community health workers, and 1115 Waiver services. 9 No employee of the Department of Healthcare and Family 10 Services or the Department of Public Health issuing a standing 11 recommendation in accordance with this Section shall, as a 12 result of the employee's acts or omissions in issuing the 13 standing recommendation, be subject to (i) any disciplinary or 14 other adverse action under the Medical Practice Act of 1987, 15 (ii) any civil liability, or (iii) any criminal liability. 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