Health insurance; coverage for donated human breast milk.
Summary
Health insurance; coverage for donated humanbreast milk. Requires health insurers, corporations providinghealth care coverage subscription contracts, and health maintenanceorganizations to provide coverage for expenses incurred in the provisionof pasteurized donated human breast milk. The requirement appliesif the covered person is an infant under the age of six months, themilk is obtained from a human milk bank that meets quality guidelinesestablished by the Department of Health, and a licensed medical practitionerhas issued an order for an infant who satisfies certain criteria.The measure applies to policies, contracts, and plans delivered,issued for delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2021.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 3, 2020
Last action Dec 4, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
1
Committee
3
Jan 23, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2021
lower
Jan 14, 2020
Committee
Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Jan 3, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
lower
Jan 3, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102161D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jennifer Carroll Foy
DDemocratic
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