District of Columbia Code
Chapter 38D - Telehealth Reimbursement
§ 31–3862.01. Postpartum maternal health services

Health insurance coverage through Medicaid or the D.C. Healthcare Alliance program shall cover and reimburse health care services and expenses for:
(1) Home visits via telehealth, face-to-face interaction, or digital health for a pregnant woman; and
(2) Provider delivered digital health interventions that are used to directly manage a patient's pregnancy.
(Oct. 17, 2013, D.C. Law 20-26, § 3a; as added Oct. 20, 2020, D.C. Law 23-132, § 2(b), 67 DCR 9887.)
Section 7190 of D.C. Law 24-45 repealed section 4 of D.C. Law 23-132 removing the applicability provision impacting this section. Therefore the creation of this section by Law 23-132 has been implemented.
Section 7190 of D.C. Act 24-159 repealed section 4 of D.C. Law 23-132 removing the applicability provision impacting this section. Therefore the creation of this section by Law 23-132 has been implemented.
Applicability of D.C. Law 23-132: § 4 of D.C. Law 23-132 provided that the creation of this section by § 2(b) of D.C. Law 23-132 is subject to the inclusion of the law’s fiscal effect in an approved budget and financial plan. Therefore that amendment has not been implemented.
Section 3 of D.C. Law 23-132 provides that by October 1, 2020, the Mayor shall seek approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, within United States Department of Health and Human Services, through a waiver request, of the requirement that all health policies offered through the District's Medicaid program cover inpatient and outpatient maternity and newborn care for at least one year after childbirth.

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