New Hampshire § 126-A-100 - Section 126-A:100 Medicaid Coverage of Lactation Services; Reimbursement Required.

§ 126-A-100. Section 126-A:100 Medicaid Coverage of Lactation Services; Reimbursement Required.

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. II. The department is authorized to use the following Medicaid coverage categories to reimburse lactation services: (a) Inpatient hospital services, other than services in an institution for mental disease, per Social Security Act (SSA) section 1905(a)(1); (b) Outpatient hospital services, per SSA section 1905(a)(2)(A) and 42 C.F.R. section 440.10; (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); (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); (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); (f) Freestanding birth center services, per SSA section 1905(a)(28); and (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. III. Reimbursable lactation services shall include: (a) Breastfeeding education; (b) Individual lactation consultation; and (c) Equipment rentals.