Requires insurance coverage for lactation consultant services
Summary
Requires insurance coverage for lactation consultant services by professionally certified counselors who evaluate and manage lactation and infant feeding problems and provide preventative clinical consulting to prevent or minimize the occurrence of potential problems.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
May 2022
Assembly Passage
May 2022
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 10, 2022
Last action May 3, 2022
Floor votes · Assembly May 3, 2022
How they voted
135–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 137
May 3, 2022
D
Democratic98
97% Yea
R
Republican39
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
1
Committee
2
May 3, 2022
Committee
REFERRED TO INSURANCE
upper
May 3, 2022
Lower · Passed
PASSED ASSEMBLY
lower
Jan 10, 2022
Committee
REFERRED TO INSURANCE
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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