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AL SB328
Bill
Status
3/17/2022
Primary Sponsor
Malika Sanders-Fortier
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AI Summary
SB328 Summary
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Removes vaginal birth after a cesarean (VBAC) from the list of prohibited obstetric procedures that licensed midwives cannot perform in Alabama.
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Amends Section 34-19-14 of the Code of Alabama 1975 to allow licensed midwives to perform VBACs within their scope of practice.
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Maintains all other restrictions on midwife practice, including prohibitions on epidurals, narcotic analgesia, forceps/vacuum extraction, cesarean sections, and multiple pregnancies.
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Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor.
Legislative Description
Health care, practice of midwifery, scope of licensed practice further provided for, Sec. 34-19-14 am'd.
Health Care
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Healthcare
3/17/2022