RS 46:977.31: Prescribed donor human milk; Medicaid outpatient coverage

A. The Louisiana Department of Health shall make available to persons who are eligible for Medicaid benefits under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq., outpatient coverage benefits for medically necessary pasteurized donor human milk upon prescription of an infant's pediatrician stating that the infant Medicaid beneficiary is medically or physically unable to receive maternal human milk or participate in breastfeeding, or the infant's mother is medically or physically unable to produce maternal human milk in sufficient quantities. Medicaid shall only reimburse for outpatient donor human milk obtained from a member bank of the Human Milk Banking Association of North America.

B. The department may seek approval of a federal Medicaid waiver and state plan amendments as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this Section.