Perinatal health screenings and treatment.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
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Overview
This bill aims to improve the screening and treatment of perinatal mental health conditions in California. It expands the definition of ‘perinatal mental health condition’ to include conditions occurring during pregnancy, the postpartum period, and the perinatal period. The bill also allows healthcare practitioners to refer patients to other qualified providers for screening, diagnosis, and treatment, and requires health care service plans and insurers to include perinatal mental health screening and care coordination in their programs and services. Finally, it mandates reporting of utilization and outcomes of case management services.
Key provisions
- Expands the definition of ‘perinatal mental health condition’ to include conditions during pregnancy, postpartum, and the perinatal period.
- Authorizes healthcare practitioners to refer patients to other qualified providers for perinatal mental health services.
- Requires health care service plans and insurers to include perinatal mental health screening and care coordination in their programs.
- Mandates annual reporting of utilization and outcomes of case management services by health care service plans and insurers.
- Requires health care practitioners to screen, diagnose, and treat patients for perinatal mental health conditions according to clinical guidelines.
- Specifies that guidelines for screening and treatment should align with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists or other recognized professional bodies.
- Requires health care service plans to provide program guidelines and criteria to relevant medical providers.
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