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A 5709Establishes a work group to set reimbursement rates for doulas in the state Medicaid program and address other criteria related to their practice

Congress · introduced 2025-02-20

Establishes a 14 member doula Medicaid reimbursement work group within the department of health to set reimbursement rates for doulas in the state Medicaid program and address other criteria related to their practice; requires the work group to conduct a study and evaluate the costs, benefits and issues that may be associated with Medicaid reimbursement for doulas and for providing doula care to Medicaid recipients; makes related provisions.

Latest action: 2026-01-07 IN_ASSEMBLY_COMM

Sponsors

Action timeline

  1. · assembly REFERRED TO HEALTH
  2. · assembly REFERRED TO HEALTH

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Inbound (13)

datefromtypeamountrolesource
2025-02-20Sarah Clarkcosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2025-02-20Jodi Gigliocosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2025-02-20David McDonoughcosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2025-02-20Jessica Gonzalez-Rojascosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2025-02-20MaryJane Shimskycosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2025-02-20Brian Cunninghamcosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2025-02-20Michael Novakhovcosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2025-02-20Karines Reyescosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2025-02-20Latrice Walkercosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2025-02-20Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyncosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2025-02-20Demond Meekscosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2025-02-20Michaelle C. Solagessponsor_of_billsponsorsponsorship
2025-02-20Steven Ragacosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship

Who matters

Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.

#MemberRoleSpeechesVotedScore
1Michaelle C. Solages (, state_lower NY-22)sponsor05
2Brian Cunningham (, state_lower NY-43)cosponsor01
3David McDonough (, state_lower NY-14)cosponsor01
4Demond Meeks (, state_lower NY-137)cosponsor01
5Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas (, state_lower NY-34)cosponsor01
6Jodi Giglio (, state_lower NY-2)cosponsor01
7Karines Reyes (, state_lower NY-87)cosponsor01
8Latrice Walker (, state_lower NY-55)cosponsor01
9MaryJane Shimsky (, state_lower NY-92)cosponsor01
10Michael Novakhov (, state_lower NY-45)cosponsor01
11Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn (, state_lower NY-42)cosponsor01
12Sarah Clark (, state_lower NY-136)cosponsor01
13Steven Raga (, state_lower NY-30)cosponsor01

Predicted vote

Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.

0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)

By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no

Activity

Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.

  1. 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  2. 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by MaryJane Shimsky (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  3. 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Brian Cunningham (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  4. 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by David McDonough (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  5. 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Karines Reyes (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  6. 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Demond Meeks (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  7. 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Sarah Clark (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  8. 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Jodi Giglio (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  9. 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Michael Novakhov (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  10. 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Steven Raga (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  11. 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  12. 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Latrice Walker (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  13. 2025-02-20 · sponsored by Michaelle C. Solages (sponsor) · sponsorship

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