Legislative and Policy Efforts
2024 Legislative and Policy Efforts
Interstate Compact Agreements
Tricare Expansion
Advocacy Postcards - Find your state!
Midwives for MOMS ACT
Against Florida’s“Advanced Birth Center Bill”
Alaska Letter of Opposition of Executive Order #130 and in Support of House Bill #175
New Mexico House Bill 2
Letter to CMMI
Letter to NRP Steering Committee
Meeting with the Defense Health Agency
Letter of support from Rep. Derek Kilmer
Letter to Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
Signed letter sent to Congress in support of doubling the funding for the HHS and OCR in FY25 appropriation
Signed Letter to Save Nurse-Midwifery Education at UCSF
Signed Letter to Congress in Support of FY25 Midwifery Appropriations Ask
Letter to IL IDFPR expressing support for changes to proposed Licensed Midwifery regulations
Signed Letter of Support for the 2024 Black Midwives Day Resolution
Meeting with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to discuss Licensure
Letters to US Representatives for FY 2025 Midwifery Appropriations
Letter to MEAC requesting clarification about DOE regulations changes regarding distance education.
State Comparative Summary of References in Midwifery Statutes and Rules to MANA or Specific MANA Documents as of April 2024
TRICARE/CABC Gap Analysis and suggested language changes
Individual State Letters Encouraging States to Apply for TMaH Funding
Joint Letter with AABC, ACNM, NBMA, BCE Encouraging States to Apply for TMaH Funding
March of Dimes Houston Letter of Request for Doula Reimbursement at Home Births
Letter to NY Higher Education Committee in Support of Assembly Bill 4819
Letter of Support to NY Senate for Bill 310
NACPM contributed to the Amendment Introduced to the Rules Committee by Rep. Derek Kilmer
Recommended Modifications of North Carolina Midwifery Joint Committee Permanent Rules 21 NCAC 33 .0118 (c)
Support for Ohio HB545
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State Legislation
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut - unregulated, not legally defined, but not prohibited 1
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia -unregulated, statute, but licensure unavailable 1
Hawaii - currently working on regulations
Idaho
Illinois - PASSED regulations
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas - “CPMs have legal status in Kansas but, as yet, there is (a) no designated regulatory agency, (b) no state law governing their relationship with physicians, nor (c) any requirement for their continuing education.”2 (CPMs and birth center law)
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts - PASSED Legislation 2024 - unregulated, judicial interpretation varies 1
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi - unregulated, judicial interpretation varies 1
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska - unregulated, not legally defined, but not prohibited 1
Nevada -unregulated, judicial interpretation varies 1
New Hampshire- currently working on regulations
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York - legal with license, no current pathway to license
North Carolina- unregulated, statute, judicial interpretation, or stricture of practice 1
North Dakota - unregulated, judicial interpretation varies
Ohio - Proposed Legislation 2024 - illegal to practice as a CPM 1
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania - unregulated, judicial interpretation varies 1
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia - Proposed Legislation 2024 - unregulated, not legally defined, but not prohibited 1
Wisconsin
Wyoming