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Título 49. SOCIAL SERVICES · Capítulo 4. PUBLIC ASSISTANCE · Artículo 7. MEDICAL ASSISTANCE GENERALLY

49-4-159. Medicaid coverage for lactation and postpartum care.

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Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

El texto siguiente es la ley tal como la imprime el estado, en inglés.

  1. (a)

    The department shall provide Medicaid coverage for:#

    1. (1)

      Lactation care and services, as defined in paragraph (5) of Code Section 43-22A-3, to pregnant and lactating women and to children who are breastfeeding or receiving their mother’s milk; and#

    2. (2)

      Postpartum care for mothers for a period of one year following the date the pregnancy ends.#

  2. (b)

    If necessary to implement the provisions of this Code section, the department shall submit a Medicaid state plan amendment or waiver request to the United States Department of Health and Human Services.#

Las notas siguientes se imprimen con la sección, pero no son ley promulgada (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). Se muestran aparte del texto.

History

Code 1981, § 49-4-159, enacted by Ga. L. 2020, p. 224, § 1/HB 1114; Ga. L. 2022, p. 759, § 1/SB 338. The 2022 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, in paragraph (a)(2), substituted “one year” for “six months”, and “pregnancy ends” for “woman gives birth” at the end.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2020, p. 224, § 2/HB 1114, not codified by the General Assembly, provided that the enactment of this Code section was contingent upon a specific appropriation of funds for purposes of this Act. Funding was appropriated in 2020.

Cross references

Newborn Baby and Mother Protection Act, § 33-24-58.2. Lactation Consultant Practice, § 43-22A-1 et seq.

Law reviews

For article, “SB 338: Amendments Relating to Medicaid Postpartum Coverage,” see 39 Ga. St. U.L. 281 (2022).

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Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Texto leído de t49-t50-ch1-12-(v38)-2023-pdf.pdf, Volumen V38, edición 2023, páginas 152 a 153; acción de fusión: carried; SHA-256 del archivo b1a50b0e3917.