pasteurized donor human milk usage shall be tracked during the
course of the inpatient infant's stay, charged and reimbursed
through the inpatient stay payment.
(2) An outpatient infant for whom the volume of the
pasteurized donor human milk usage shall be calculated and
charged throughout the course of the outpatient infant's
treatment and reimbursed to the licensed milk bank providing
pasteurized donor human milk for that infant.
(c) The department shall biennially update its written
guidance on pasteurized donor human milk and the Medical
Assistance Program Outpatient Fee Schedule to reflect a medical
assistance fee for pasteurized donor human milk that is
commensurate with the current average national cost for non-
profit milk banks. The updated pasteurized donor human milk
guidance shall be posted on the department's publicly accessible
Internet website.
(d) The department, in collaboration with the Department of
Health, shall develop and conduct a public information campaign
to inform families and health care providers of the availability
of pasteurized donor human milk in this Commonwealth to treat
inpatient infants and outpatient infants, as provided in this
section and as medically necessary, including the availability
of coverage through medical assistance.
(e) The following words and phrases when used in this
section shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection
unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Inpatient infant." An infant who is younger than twelve
months of age based on the infant's corrected gestational age,
who is receiving care in an inpatient setting, for whom
pasteurized donor human milk is medically necessary and who
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