2022 Senate Bill 1196

Authorize state “doula” training grants

Introduced in the Senate

Oct. 13, 2022

Introduced by Sen. Stephanie Chang (D-1)

To require the state health department to create a “doula” training scholarship program. This would provide training grants for a role the bill describes as providing “physical, emotional, and informational support to a mother before, during, and shortly after childbirth”.

Referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Human Services