Assembly Bill A6481

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides medical assistance coverage for the cost of donor breast milk which is medically necessary for certain infants

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A6481 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4526
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §365-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9353, S6583
2019-2020: A3015, S1802
2021-2022: A5060

2017-A6481 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides medical assistance coverage for the cost of donor breast milk which is medically necessary for certain infants.

2017-A6481 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6481
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 7, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the  social  services  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
   medical  assistance  coverage  for  the  cost  of donor breast milk in
   certain circumstances
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 2 of section 365-a of the social services law
 is amended by adding a new paragraph (dd) to read as follows:
   (DD) THE COST OF DONOR BREAST MILK  (PDHM),  FOR  INPATIENT  USE,  FOR
 WHICH  A LICENSED MEDICAL PRACTITIONER HAS ISSUED AN ORDER FOR AN INFANT
 WHO IS MEDICALLY OR PHYSICALLY UNABLE TO RECEIVE MATERNAL BREAST MILK OR
 PARTICIPATE IN BREAST FEEDING OR WHOSE MOTHER IS MEDICALLY OR PHYSICALLY
 UNABLE TO PRODUCE MATERNAL BREAST MILK OR PARTICIPATE IN BREAST  FEEDING
 DESPITE  OPTIMAL  LACTATION  SUPPORT. SUCH INFANT MUST: (I) HAVE A DOCU-
 MENTED BIRTH WEIGHT OF ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED GRAMS OR LESS; OR  (II)
 HAVE  A CONGENITAL OR ACQUIRED INTESTINAL CONDITION, AND IS THEREFORE AT
 A  HIGH  RISK  FOR  DEVELOPMENT  OF  NECROTIZING  ENTEROCOLITIS   AND/OR
 INFECTION.  COVERAGE  FOR  DONOR BREAST MILK (PDHM) SHALL CONTINUE UNTIL
 THE INFANT IS AT AN AGE  OF  MEDICAL  ADJUSTMENT  OF  THIRTY-FOUR  WEEKS
 CORRECTED  GESTATIONAL  AGE AND SUCH COVERAGE SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN THE
 REASONABLE COST OF SUCH MILK PROCURED FROM A  CERTIFIED  NONPROFIT  MILK
 BANK, PLUS REASONABLE PROCESSING AND HANDLING FEES.
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04711-02-7

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