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Committee advances bill to cover donor breast milk and fortifiers for qualified infants
Summary
House Bill 15‑77 would allow Medicaid to pay for donated human milk and fortifiers for specified infants (for example low birth weight) subject to OHCA quality standards and federal approvals; the committee passed the bill and the sponsor pledged to provide the committee with details of donor‑milk standards.
The Oklahoma House Public Health Committee approved House Bill 15‑77, which would allow Medicaid to pay for donor human milk and breast‑milk fortifiers for infants who meet qualifying criteria, such as low birth weight.
Sponsor Representative Lawson said the bill includes qualifiers in the text and said breast milk is the ideal nutrition for infants; when a mother’s milk is unavailable the bill would allow “donor…
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