On or before January 1, 2025, a health insurer shall develop a maternal and infant health equity program that addresses racial health disparities in maternal and infant health outcomes through the use of doulas. This may be achieved by integrating the program into existing maternal mental health programs, including those encouraging the coverage of doula care, or by expanding existing doula programs.

(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 349, Sec. 3. (AB 904) Effective January 1, 2024.)

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