FL H0653

Authorizes the Agency for Health Care Administration to pay for donor human milk bank services as an optional Medicaid service for both home and inpatient use

Eligible infants must have a documented birth weight of 1,500 grams or less, have a congenital or acquired intestinal condition placing them at high risk for feeding intolerance, necrotizing enterocolitis, or infection, or otherwise require breast milk nourishment

Requires a licensed physician or advanced practice registered nurse to issue an order for infants who are medically unable to receive maternal breast milk or whose mothers cannot produce it

Donor milk must be procured from a nonprofit milk bank certified by the Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA), with coverage not less than the reasonable cost plus processing and handling fees

Adds donor human milk bank services to the list of minimum benefits that managed care plans must cover, effective July 1, 2019