Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H515: Doula Support for Healthy Births Pilot Program
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Establishes pilot program in Broward, Miami-Dade, & Palm Beach Counties for specified purpose; requires DOH, in collaboration with its maternal & child health section, to implement & oversee pilot program; requires pilot program to target specified populations for enrollment; specifies services that must be provided under pilot program; requires department to collaborate with specified entities to integrate doula services into existing maternal health programs & facilitate outreach & service delivery; authorizes department to integrate doula services into existing maternal & child health programs as expansion of pilot program, subject to certain requirements; creates Doula Certification Task Force within department for specified purpose; requires department to oversee & provide administrative support to task force; requires task force to submit final report of its findings & recommendations to Governor & Legislature by specified date.
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; 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, subject to funding; requiring the pilot program to target specified populations for enrollment…
From the introduced text, November 24, 2025:
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; 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, subject to funding; 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; providing for funding of the pilot program; 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 words underlined are additions. hb515-00 FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES HB 515 2026 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 …
Sponsors
- Campbell, Daryl (D, HD-099) · primary sponsor
- Robinson, Felicia (D, HD-104)
Latest actions
- : Died in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
- : 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- : Now in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
- : Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
- : Referred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee
- : Referred to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
- : Filed
Common questions
- What is H515?
- H515 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Doula Support for Healthy Births Pilot Program.
- What does H515 do?
- In its own words: 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; 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, subject to funding; requiring the pilot program to target specified populations for enrollment…
- What is the status of H515?
- Failed as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: Died in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored H515?
- Campbell, Daryl (D, HD-099), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for H515?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/515
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