Relating to pregnancy support including by creating the more options for maternal support program and expanding Medicaid postpartum coverage and making appropriations

This bill relates to pregnancy support. DIVISION I. The bill requires the department of human services (DHS) to create a statewide more options for maternal support (MOMS) program to promote healthy pregnancies and childbirth through nonprofit organizations that provide pregnancy support services as defined in the bill. The bill specifies what the program is designed to do and the nonmedical services to be funded through the program. DHS shall issue a request for proposals to select a program administrator for the program. The bill specifies the requirements a program administrator must meet and the services the program administrator must provide. The bill also specifies the requirements a subcontractor providing pregnancy support services must meet under the program. DHS shall publish the program administrator and subcontractor criteria on the DHS internet site, adopt administrative rules to administer the program, provide technical assistance to the program administrator, monitor the program administrator for adherence to state and federal requirements, collect and maintain program data, and submit an annual report to the general assembly that includes specified program information relative to the prior fiscal year. The bill appropriates $1 million from the general fund of the state to DHS for the administration of and provision of services through the MOMS program and provides for retention by DHS of a portion of the moneys appropriated for departmental costs related to administration and oversight of the program. DIVISION II. The bill requires DHS to submit a Medicaid state plan amendment to the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services of the United States department of health and human services for approval of the option to provide months of continuous postpartum coverage under the Medicaid program to pregnant women enrolled in the Medicaid program. The bill appropriates moneys from the general fund of the state to DHS for FY 2022-2023 and FY 2023-2024 for the state costs of the coverage.