Mass. General Laws c.176A § 8YY

Coverage for the provision of medically necessary pasteurized donor human milk and milk-derived products

This is an unofficial version of a Massachusetts General Law. For more information on this topic, please see law about health insurance.

Updates

• Added by St. 2024, c. 186, § 45, effective November 21, 2024
• Amended by St. 2024, c. 248, § 20, effective December 4, 2024

(a)

Any contract between a subscriber and the corporation under an individual or group hospital service plan that is delivered, issued or renewed within the commonwealth shall provide coverage for the provision of medically necessary pasteurized donor human milk and donor human milk-derived products; provided, however, that:

• (i) the milk is obtained from a human milk bank that meets quality guidelines established by the department of public health;
• (ii) a licensed medical practitioner has issued a written order for the provision of such human breast milk or donor human milk-derived products for the covered infant; and
• (iii) the covered infant is:
  • (1) under the age of 6 months;
  • (2) undergoing treatment in an inpatient setting for a congenital or acquired condition that places the infant at a high risk for development of necrotizing enterocolitis or a congenital or acquired condition that may benefit from the use of such human breast milk as determined by the department of public health; and
  • (3) medically or physically unable to receive maternal breast milk or participate in breastfeeding or whose mother is medically or physically unable, despite receiving lactation support, to produce maternal breast milk in sufficient quantities or caloric density.

(b)

If an inpatient stay is reimbursed through a diagnosis related group or other bundled payment arrangement, the non-profit hospital service corporation shall include the cost of reimbursement provided under subsection (a) for donor human milk and donor human milk-derived products in the development of the reimbursement rate for such diagnosis related group or bundled payment.

Last updated:	December 4, 2024