SB 912: Comprehensive perinatal services.

This bill aims to improve perinatal care services for Medi-Cal recipients in California. The state department of health care services will oversee a statewide comprehensive community-based perinatal services program, enrolling health care providers to deliver these services. The program will provide training to providers and require Medi-Cal managed care plans to ensure providers receive the training. The bill requires the state department of health care services to submit reports on the number of pregnant and postpartum individuals receiving comprehensive perinatal services. It also requires Medi-Cal providers to inform patients about the availability of comprehensive perinatal services. The bill prohibits PPS billable visits from including encounters with comprehensive perinatal practitioners who are not otherwise billable. It authorizes the department to implement an alternative paym…