(2) The authority shall in each even-numbered year review, and revise if necessary, any rates of reimbursement in the state medical assistance program for lactation counselors and lactation educators. When reviewing and revising rates of reimbursement, the authority shall consider factors including retention of lactation counselors and lactation educators and the need to ensure that a career as a lactation counselor or lactation educator is financially sustainable, access to culturally specific lactation counselors and lactation educators and evidence-based factors and empirical studies related to the cost-effectiveness of services provided by lactation counselors and lactation educators. [Formerly 414.768; 2025 c.539 §8]