Relating to the Medicaid extended postpartum coverage option and including effective date provisions

Under current federal law, pregnant Medicaid beneficiaries are eligible for at least pregnancy-related services through the end of the month in which the 60-day period beginning on the last day of the pregnancy ends. 1319) provide the option to states to submit a state plan amendment to provide postpartum Medicaid coverage for months after the end of a pregnancy for a five-year period. A provision under the federal Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 removed the five-year limitation. This bill requires the department of health and human services (HHS) 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 new option to provide months of continuous postpartum coverage under the Medicaid program to pregnant women enrolled in the Medicaid program. The bill takes effect upon enactment.