Human donor milk bank licensing; payment of medical assistance and health insurance coverage. (HB494)

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Progress

✓	Introduced
☐	Passed Committee
☐	Passed House
☐	Passed Senate
☐	Signed by Governor
☐	Became Law

Description

Human donor milk bank licensing; payment of medical assistance and health insurance coverage. Directs the Board of Medical Assistance Services to include a provision for the payment of medical assistance for pasteurized human donor milk acquired from a licensed human donor milk bank and provides for the licensure and regulation of human donor milk banks by the Department of Health. The bill requires health insurers, corporations providing health care coverage subscription contracts, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for expenses incurred in the provision of pasteurized human donor milk, provided that certain conditions are met. Read the Bill »

Status

01/11/2022: Awaiting a Vote in the Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee

History

Date	Action
01/11/2022	Committee
01/11/2022	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103728D
01/11/2022	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions