Nevada legislation · 83rd Legislature (2025)
Nevada AB266: Makes revisions relating to breastfeeding. (BDR 40-595)
Status: Chaptered, May 30, 2025
What the bill says
An act relating to public health; requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to publish certain information relating to breastfeeding and develop a program of public education concerning lactation; authorizing certain providers of health care and medical facilities to provide that information to certain persons; prohibiting a place of public accommodation from engaging in certain discrimination against a person who is breastfeeding; authorizing certain civil actions and administrative actions to enforce that prohibition; and providing other matters properly relating thereto…
From the enrolled text, May 22, 2025:
AN ACT relating to public health; requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to publish certain information relating to breastfeeding and develop a program of public education concerning lactation; authorizing certain providers of health care and medical facilities to provide that information to certain persons; prohibiting a place of public accommodation from engaging in certain discrimination against a person who is breastfeeding; authorizing certain civil actions and administrative actions to enforce that prohibition; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing law requires the Medicaid program to cover: (1) counseling and support for breastfeeding; (2) supplies for breastfeeding until the child's first birthday; and (3) lactation consultation and support. (NRS 422.27174, 422.27179) Existing law authorizes Medicaid to provide additional coverage of supplies for breastfeeding. (NRS 422.27178) Section 1 of this bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to post on an Internet website maintained by the Department: (1) a fact sheet that provides information concerning that coverage under Medicaid; and (2) a list of services available in the community for lactation support. Section 1 authorizes certain providers of health care and medical facilities that provide care to a pregnant person to provide the information posted by the Department to the pregnant person and, with the consent or at the direction of the pregnant person, …