Health, Health Insurance, and Health Occupations - Perinatal Behavioral Health Conditions

Summary

The law requires health insurers, nonprofit health plans, and HMOs to pay for perinatal mental‑health screenings at every prenatal visit, once within six weeks after birth, and at each well‑child visit in the first year. It also obligates carriers to give pregnant members a standing referral to an obstetrician and a mental‑health provider through pregnancy and one year postpartum, and the Department of Health must supply screening tools, educational resources, and continuing‑education requirements for providers.

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