Nevada Code § 422.27179

State Plan for Medicaid: Inclusion of requirement for payment of certain costs for breastfeeding supplies for certain period, prenatal screenings and tests and lactation consultation and support
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1. To the extent that money is available,
the Director shall include in the State Plan for Medicaid a requirement that
the State pay the nonfederal share of expenditures incurred for:
(a) Supplies for breastfeeding a child until the
childs first birthday. Such supplies include, without limitation, electric or
hospital-grade breast pumps that:
(1) Have been prescribed or ordered by a
qualified provider of health care; and
(2) Are medically necessary for the mother
or the child.
(b) Such prenatal screenings and tests as are
recommended by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, or its
successor organization.
2. In addition to the requirements of
subsection 1, the Director may include in the State Plan for Medicaid a
requirement that, to the extent money is available, the State pay the
nonfederal share of expenditures incurred for supplies for breastfeeding a
child beyond the childs first birthday.
3. The Director shall include in the State
Plan for Medicaid a requirement that, to the extent that money and federal
financial participation are available, the State must pay the nonfederal share
of expenditures incurred for lactation consultation and support.
4. As used in this section:
(a) Medically necessary has the meaning
ascribed to it in NRS 695G.055 .
(b) Provider of health care has the meaning
ascribed to it in NRS 629.031 .

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