Relating to the State Board of Midwifery; to amend Sections 34-19-11, 34-19-12, and 34-19-16, Code of Alabama 1975; to provide further for the period during which midwives may provide care after birth; to authorize midwives to provide care in freestanding birth centers; to authorize the board to accept grants and gifts; and to require midwives to administer certain tests.
Summary
Board of Midwifery; practice of midwifery in freestanding clinics authorized, postpartum period defined, authority of board to accept grants and gifts provided
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced May 18, 2023
Last action May 23, 2023
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6
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Committee
2
May 23, 2023
Committee
Re-referred To Committee (Healthcare)
upper
May 23, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
upper
May 18, 2023
Introduced
Introduced and Referred (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bobby Singleton
DDemocratic
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