Legislation for Hawaii

H.B.2761, S.B. 2207 Introduced January 19, 2008, Post-partum and Interconception Care; requires the Department of Human Services to apply to the Federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to extend post-partum and interconception care from eight weeks to at least six months for women who participate in the Hawaii QUEST program.   

Status:  The Center for Medicare Services denied the State Department of Human Services (DHS) request to expand the post-partum period from eight (8) weeks to six (6).   The March of Dimes, Hawaii Chapter, and Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition of Hawaii plan to further investigate other avenues for the State to obtain a Medicaid waiver to expand interconception care.