AR HB1427

Arkansas Medicaid must reimburse for prenatal, delivery, and postpartum services separately rather than through global or all-inclusive payment methods, covering office visits, lab fees, testing, remote monitoring, fetal nonstress tests, and continuous glucose monitors for gestational diabetes

Pregnant women applying for Medicaid can receive presumptive eligibility determinations, allowing prenatal care to begin immediately while full applications are processed, with qualified entities authorized to screen and enroll applicants

Medicaid coverage now includes depression screening for pregnant women, self-measurement blood pressure monitoring devices and training, and medically necessary remote ultrasound procedures using FDA-approved, HIPAA-compliant technology

Doulas and community health workers become eligible for Medicaid reimbursement for home visitation services related to prenatal and postpartum care

The statute of limitations for medical injury claims arising during childbirth is reduced to the child's fifth birthday, compared to the eleventh birthday for other childhood medical injuries