Assembly Bill A9102

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires the office of mental health and the department of health to conduct a study on the disparate impacts regarding postpartum depression screening tests

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  • Introduced
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    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
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    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2021-A9102 (ACTIVE) - Details

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S7753
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Mental Hygiene

2021-A9102 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the office of mental health and the department of health to conduct a study on the disparate impacts regarding postpartum depression screening tests and to prepare and submit a report of findings and recommendations to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, and the senate and assembly minority leaders.

2021-A9102 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9102
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. GONZALEZ-ROJAS -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Mental Health
 
 AN ACT to require the office of mental  health  and  the  department  of
   health  to conduct a study on the disparate impacts regarding postpar-
   tum depression screening tests
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  1.  The  office of mental health, in conjunction with the
 department of health and any other  department  or  experts  within  the
 maternal  health field shall conduct a comprehensive study and prepare a
 report on the differential impacts of  postpartum  depression  screening
 measures  in  relation  to black women, brown women and birthing people.
 This study shall examine what additional questions  or  tools  could  be
 implemented  to  minimize disparities found within the current screening
 protocols. The data collected shall only be utilized as authorized under
 state and federal law to inform  the  state's  efforts  to  advance  the
 maternal health scope for birthing people, in relation to providing fair
 and equal medical care.
   2. The purpose of this study shall be to:
   (a)  identify  any  racial  disparities within protocols and screening
 measures for postpartum depression; and
   (b) review current protocols and screening measures used  to  identify
 postpartum depression and overall birthing people's health after birth.
   3.  This study shall research and identify questions to be used within
 postpartum depression screenings to detect, at a minimum, the following:
   (a) stress around food scarcity within the home;
   (b) financial stressors;
   (c) quality of sleep;
   (d) quality of health;
   (e) substance abuse issues;
   (f) additional maternal depression disorders, including but not limit-
 ed to perinatal and postpartum mood disorders, postpartum anxiety, post-
 partum psychosis;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13720-03-2

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