Our 2020 Legislative Agenda will be uploaded a few weeks before our next Lobby Day (02/13/2020). For now check out the information below to see our agenda and documents from last year!

2019 Legislative Agenda and supporting documents:

• 2019 Legislative Agenda
• 2019 Talking Points
• Updated Fact Sheet on Licensed Midwifery in WA state
• Reports from the Health Care Authority:
  • 2017 C-section and VBAC data for Medicaid clients (comparing planned community-based births to hospital births)
  • 2016 Medicaid cost data (comparing community based birth and hospitals), with both fee-for-service and managed care included
  • 2016 Medicaid cost data (comparing community based birth and hospitals), fee-for-service only

• DOH Cost Benefit Study
• Strong Start for Mothers and Newborns: Findings at a Glance
• Mapping integration of midwives across the United States: Impact on access, equity, and outcomes.
• Maternity care access, quality, and outcomes: A systems-level perspective on research, clinical, and policy needs. In Seminars in Perinatology
• Young Innovators: U of S researchers study benefits of midwifery
• Lancet Exec. Summary on Midwifery
• A comparison of outcomes in AMUs (Alongside Midwifery Units) and FMUs (Freestanding Midwifery Units) in the UK
• ​ACOG/SMFM Levels of Maternal Care Document
• Senate Bill 5256​​

2017 HCA Medicaid NTSV C-Section Report.
*NTSV= Nulliparous Term Singleton Vertex

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