Requires certain health care facilities to offer lactation counseling and consultations to persons who have given birth.

S 2674 requires all New Jersey hospitals providing inpatient maternity services and licensed birthing centers to offer new mothers at least one in-person or remote lactation consultation before discharge. The counseling must include breastfeeding education, support for meeting feeding goals, implementation of a care plan, and information on assistive devices like nipple shields. Facilities must provide this through qualified lactation counselors (with at least 40 hours of specialty training) or IBCLC-certified consultants, and cannot reassign staff to non-lactation duties during their shift. This law directly affects new mothers and their families in covered facilities, aiming to improve access to evidence-based breastfeeding support during the postpartum period.