ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session

Majority Research Staff

House: HHS DPA 12-0-0-0

☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note

HB2051: AHCCCS; lactation care; breastfeeding

Sponsor: Representative Fink, LD 27

House Engrossed

Overview

Requires Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) contractors, subject to approval by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), to provide breastfeeding and lactation care services, including consultations, education and counseling, that are provided in inpatient, outpatient, home-based and group settings. 

History

Established in 1981, AHCCCS is Arizona's Medicaid program that oversees contracted health plans for the delivery of health care to individuals and families who qualify for Medicaid and other medical assistance programs. Through contracted health plans across the state, AHCCCS delivers health care to qualifying individuals including low-income adults, their children or people with certain disabilities.

Statute outlines the covered health and medical services offered to AHCCCS members, including: 1) inpatient hospital services; 2) outpatient health services; 3) laboratory and X-ray services; 4) prescription medications; 5) medical supplies, durable medical equipment, insulin pumps and prosthetic devices; 6) treatment of medical conditions of the eye; 7) early and periodic health screening and diagnostic services; 8) family planning services; 9) podiatry services; 10) nonexperimental transplants; 11) emergency dental care; 12) ambulance and nonambulance transportation; 13) hospice care; 14) orthotics; 15) medically necessary chiropractic services; 16) diabetes outpatient self-management training services; and 17) traditional healing services (A.R.S. § 36-2907).

Provisions

1.   Requires AHCCCS contractors, subject to CMS approval, to provide breastfeeding and lactation care services, including consultations, education and counseling, that are provided in inpatient, outpatient, home-based and group settings.  (Sec. 1)

2.   Makes a technical change. (Sec. 1)

3.    

4.    

5.   ---------- DOCUMENT FOOTER ---------

6.   Initials AG/TM                HB 2051

7.   1/22/2026  Page 0 House Engrossed

8.    

9.   ---------- DOCUMENT FOOTER ---------