Two new bills in the California legislature would require insurance companies to pay for breastfeeding help.
AB 513 requires the rental of breastpumps and for consultation with board-certified lactation consultants. AB 514 (not amended to reflect this yet) requires employers to provide two paid 20 minute breaks for mothers to pump at work.
California law currently requires employers to provide a reasonable amount of unpaid break time and a sanitary place to pump. It looks like the intent of provision giving mothers access to rental pumps is to help them pump at work, since there's no mention of medical necessity. As far as I know, these would be the first laws of their kind in the U.S. For more information on breastfeeding and the law, check out this podcast. The video below makes the argument for these changes to the law.
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