SB138Introduced in the Senate
Makes revisions governing health care for pregnant women and newborn children. (BDR 40-580)
Introduced by Nicole Cannizzaro, District 6
What does this bill do?
Plain-English breakdown
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Official description
AN ACT relating to Medicaid; requiring certain hospitals to enroll as a qualified provider for determining whether a pregnant woman is presumptively eligible for Medicaid or contract with certain entities to make such determinations; requiring such hospitals and contractors to provide notices relating to Medicaid to certain persons; prescribing certain rights for parents and legal guardians of newborn children who are patients in a neonatal intensive care unit of a hospital; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Where it stands
Chapter 168.
May 30, 2025
How did lawmakers vote?
Assembly votes
1 recorded vote · each counted separately
Senate votes
1 recorded vote · each counted separately
AssemblyStage: Assembly Final Passage · May 22, 2025
37
Yes
5
No
0
Absent or Not Voting
42 assemblymembers recorded in this Assembly vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.
What do people think?
Citizen Voice
How would you vote on this bill?
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See how each assemblymember voted
| Assemblymember | District | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Daniele Monroe-Moreno | 1 | Yes |
| Heidi Kasama | 2 | Yes |
| Selena Torres-Fossett | 3 | Yes |
| Lisa Cole | 4 | Yes |
| Brittney Miller | 5 | Yes |
| Jovan Jackson | 6 | Yes |
| Tanya Flanagan | 7 | Yes |
| Duy Nguyen | 8 | Yes |
| Steve Yeager | 9 | Yes |
| Venise Karris | 10 | Yes |
Bill history
Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer.
From printer.
Read first time. To committee.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Placed on Second Reading File.
Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 59.) To printer.
From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 18, Nays: 3.) To Assembly.
In Assembly.
Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 559.) To printer.
From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint.
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 37, Nays: 5.) To Senate.
In Senate.
Assembly Amendment No. 559 concurred in. To enrollment.
Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
Approved by the Governor.
Chapter 168.
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