Documents available for doulas meeting July 25

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July 11, 2024

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Doulas community meeting

Thursday, July 25

The Health Care Authority (HCA) will host a doulas community meeting via Zoom on Thursday, July 25 from 6 - 7:30 p.m.

The meeting will include opportunity to provide feedback on:

Draft language for the statewide recommendations for doulas and doula services in Washington. The plan is for this statewide recommendation to be supported, signed, and released by HCA and the Department of Health (DOH).
Draft language for the doula WAC (rules).

This meeting is an extra opportunity to participate in HCA's rulemaking process. It does not replace:

HCA’s typical external review process, which includes distribution of the draft WAC to individuals who sign up as interested parties. Interested parties will still have that opportunity, likely in late summer.
- If you would like to sign up as an interested party for doula rulemaking, contact Jason Crabbe.
The public hearing/comment period required as part of the formal rulemaking process outlined in Chapter 34.05 RCW (Administrative Procedure Act). The July 25 meeting is in addition to that process and there will be additional opportunities to provide feedback on the draft WAC.

Documents

If you are unable to attend the meeting, you may submit comments via email by midnight on July 25.

Email Jason Crabbe for comments on the WAC draft.

Email Beth Tinker for comments on the statewide standing recommendation.

Meeting details

Date: Thursday, July 25
Time: 6 - 7:30 p.m.

Join Zoom meeting (no registration required)

Live event captioning available

Communication Access Real-time Transcription (CART) services, or live closed captioning, are available for events, on demand. Scheduling CART services requires a three-week lead-time.

To request this accommodation, please submit a request as soon as possible to:
Matt Turner

If you make your request less than a week in advance of the event, our language access manager cannot guarantee that a CART writer will be available.

Stay updated

Email the doula program at HCA with questions.

About the Health Care Authority (HCA)

Functioning as both the state's largest health care purchaser and its behavioral health authority, the Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA) is a leader in ensuring Washington residents have the opportunity to be as healthy as possible.

There are three pillars of our work: Apple Health (Medicaid); the Public Employees Benefits Board (PEBB) and School Employees Benefits Board (SEBB) programs; and behavioral health and recovery. Under these pillars, HCA purchases health care, including behavioral health treatment for more than 2.7 million Washington residents and provides behavioral health prevention, crisis, and recovery supports to all Washington residents.

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