SB 23 - Extends Postpartum Healthcare for One Year After Giving Birth for Individuals Who are Medicaid Eligible - Wisconsin Key Vote

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Title: Extends Postpartum Healthcare for One Year After Giving Birth for Individuals Who are Medicaid Eligible

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that extends and expands postpartum healthcare for one year after giving birth for individuals who are Medicaid eligible in Wisconsin.

Highlights:

  • Extends and expands postpartum healthcare for one year after giving birth for individuals who are Medicaid eligible in Wisconsin (Sec. 1-5).

  • Requires the Department of Health Services to seek approval from the federal Department of Health and Human Services to extend until the last day of the month in which the 365th day after the last day of the pregnancy falls Medical Assistance benefits to women who are eligible for those benefits when pregnant (Sec. 1-5).

  • Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor (Sec. 6).

Title: Extends Postpartum Healthcare for One Year After Giving Birth for Individuals Who are Medicaid Eligible

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