RSA 126-A:100: Medicaid Coverage of Lactation Services; Reimbursement Required.

I. The department of health of health and human services shall cover lactation services for Medicaid recipients as a pregnancy-related service under New Hampshire's Medicaid program.

II. The department is authorized to use the following Medicaid coverage categories to reimburse lactation services:

(a) Inpatient hospital services, other than services in an institution for mental disease, per Social Security Act (SSA) section 1905(a)(1);

(b) Outpatient hospital services, per SSA section 1905(a)(2)(A) and 42 C.F.R. section 440.10;

(c) Early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment services for individuals who are eligible under the plan and are under the age of 21, per SSA section 1905(a)(4)(B);

(d) Physicians' services furnished by a physician under the physician's supervision, whether furnished in the office, the patient's home, a hospital, or a nursing facility, or elsewhere, per SSA section 1905(a)(5)(A);

(e) Services furnished by a nurse-midwife, which the nurse-midwife is legally authorized to perform under State law, per SSA section 1905(a)(17);

(f) Freestanding birth center services, per SSA section 1905(a)(28); and

(g) Services furnished by nurse practitioners per 42 C.F.R. section 440.166 and other licensed practitioners per 42 C.F.R. section 440.60.

III. Reimbursable lactation services shall include:

(a) Breastfeeding education;

(b) Individual lactation consultation; and

(c) Equipment rentals.