Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida S514: Doula Support for Healthy Births Pilot Program
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Establishing the pilot program in Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach Counties for a specified purpose, subject to a specific appropriation in the General Appropriations Act; requiring the Department of Health, in collaboration with its maternal and child health section, to implement and oversee the pilot program; requiring the department to collaborate with specified entities to integrate doula services into existing maternal health programs and facilitate outreach and service delivery; creating the Doula Certification Task Force within the department for a specified purpose, etc.
What the bill says
An act relating to the Doula Support for Healthy Births pilot program; creating s. 383.295, F.S.; defining terms; establishing the pilot program in Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach Counties for a specified purpose, subject to a specific appropriation in the General Appropriations Act; providing the purpose of the pilot program; requiring the Department of Health, in collaboration with its maternal and child health section, to implement and oversee the pilot program; specifying the duration of the pilot program, based on appropriated funds…
From the introduced text, February 3, 2026:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to the Doula Support for Healthy Births pilot program; creating s. 383.295, F.S.; defining terms; establishing the pilot program in Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach Counties for a specified purpose, subject to a specific appropriation in the General Appropriations Act; providing the purpose of the pilot program; requiring the Department of Health, in collaboration with its maternal and child health section, to implement and oversee the pilot program; specifying the duration of the pilot program, based on appropriated funds; requiring the pilot program to target specified populations for enrollment; specifying services that must be provided under the pilot program; requiring the department to collaborate with specified entities to integrate doula services into existing maternal health programs and facilitate outreach and service delivery; authorizing the department to integrate doula services into existing maternal and child health programs as an expansion of the pilot program, subject to certain requirements; creating the Doula Certification Task Force within the department for a specified purpose; requiring the department to oversee and provide administrative support to the task force; providing for membership and meetings of the task force; specifying duties of the task force; requiring the task force to submit a final report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date; …