Minnesota Legislature
HF 2627
as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 08/15/2016 03:51pm
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A bill for an act
relating to health; expanding access to information about postpartum depression;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 145.906.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 145.906, is amended to read:
145.906 POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION EDUCATION AND INFORMATION.
(a) The commissioner of health shall work with health care facilities, licensed health
and mental health care professionals, the women, infants, and children (WIC) program,
mental health advocates, consumers, and families in the state to develop materials and
information about postpartum depression, including treatment resources, and develop
policies and procedures to comply with this section.
(b) Physicians, traditional midwives, and other licensed health care professionals
providing prenatal care to women new text begin or pediatric care to infants and children new text end must have
available to women and their families information about postpartum depressionnew text begin , including
its symptoms, methods of coping with the illness, and treatment resourcesnew text end .
(c) Hospitals and other health care facilities in the state must provide departing new
mothers and fathers and other family members, as appropriate, with written information
about postpartum depression, including its symptoms, methods of coping with the illness,
and treatment resources.
(d) Information about postpartum depression, including its symptoms, potential
impact on families, and treatment resources, must be available at WIC sites.
(e) The commissioner of health, in collaboration with the commissioner of human
services and to the extent authorized by the federal Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, shall review the materials and information related to postpartum depression to
determine their effectiveness in transmitting the information in a way that reduces racial
health disparities as reported in surveys of maternal attitudes and experiences before,
during, and after pregnancy, including those conducted by the commissioner of health. The
commissioner shall implement changes to reduce racial health disparities in the information
reviewed, as needed, and ensure that women of color are receiving the information.