Requires SUNY and CUNY institutions which offer a master of social work degree program to offer a maternal mental health elective course to students

Summary

The bill amends New York’s Education Law to mandate that every SUNY and CUNY school with a master’s in social work provide a course on maternal mental health. The elective must train students in perinatal mood and anxiety disorders and how to screen, refer, and treat affected patients. It aims to improve future social workers’ ability to support mothers during the perinatal period.

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