2022 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 422 - Health Care Financing and Policy
NRS 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. [Effective January 1, 2022.]
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 child’s 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. 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.
3. 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.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 3637, effective January 1, 2022)
