PENNSYLVANIA, March 15 - 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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