{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-414.668","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 414.668","heading":"Access to services provided by doulas, lactation counselors and lactation educators.","body":"(1) In determining the types and extent of health care and services to be provided to medical assistance recipients under ORS 414.065, the Oregon Health Authority and a coordinated care organization shall ensure that recipients have access to services provided by doulas, lactation counselors and lactation educators.\n      (2) The services described in subsection (1) of this section must:\n      (a) Include a minimum of 24 hours of services, in addition to labor and delivery services, regardless of birth outcome, with an option for the authority or a coordinated care organization to approve additional hours based on need;\n      (b) Be sufficient to support recipients’ robust maternal health and support positive birth outcomes; and\n      (c) Be provided:\n      (A) By an individual or organization from the community of the recipient, using language, structures and settings familiar to members of the community; or\n      (B) If an individual or organization from the community of the recipient is not available, by a provider that has received cultural competency training within the preceding three years.\n      (3) Access to doulas, lactation counselors and lactation educators:\n      (a) Must be made available without a referral from another health care provider; and\n      (b) May not require a signature from or supervision by any other health care provider, except as necessary to approve additional hours based on need as described in subsection (2)(a) of this section.\n      (4) A coordinated care organization shall make information about how to access services provided by a doula, lactation counselor or lactation educator available on a website operated by or on behalf of the coordinated care organization and shall provide the information in print whenever a printed explanation of benefits is available.","path":["11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services","34. Human Services; Juvenile Code; Corrections","Chapter 414 — Medical Assistance"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors414.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:14Z","sha256":"25bebb8825254f4c6ec1fbad73681bd3cca831bf98fca277ffd0e2636c08f725","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-414.667","next":"us-or/ors-414.669"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}