{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-126-a-100","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 126-A:100","heading":"Medicaid Coverage of Lactation Services; Reimbursement Required.","body":"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.\nII. The department is authorized to use the following Medicaid coverage categories to reimburse lactation services:\n(a) Inpatient hospital services, other than services in an institution for mental disease, per Social Security Act (SSA) section 1905(a)(1);\n(b) Outpatient hospital services, per SSA section 1905(a)(2)(A) and 42 C.F.R. section 440.10;\n(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);\n(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);\n(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);\n(f) Freestanding birth center services, per SSA section 1905(a)(28); and\n(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.\nIII. Reimbursable lactation services shall include:\n(a) Breastfeeding education;\n(b) Individual lactation consultation; and\n(c) Equipment rentals.","path":["Title X: PUBLIC HEALTH","Chapter 126-A: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","Medicaid Coverage of Certain Birthing, Postpartum, and Newborn Services"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/X/126-A/126-A-100.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T13:10:54Z","sha256":"c25726524384d0484ef5b26fc377978e33fb8f770b8d17400dcb0d011e87b7e3","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-126-a-99","next":"us-nh/rsa-126-a-101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}
