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HB 2127 - Expands Screening and Support Care for Postpartum Depression - Pennsylvania Key Vote

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Title: Expands Screening and Support Care for Postpartum Depression

Signed by Governor Josh Shapiro


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Title: Expands Screening and Support Care for Postpartum Depression

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with Senate amendments and pass a bill that expands screening and support care for postpartum depression in Pennsylvania.

Highlights:

  • Expands screening and support care for postpartum depression in Pennsylvania (Sec. 2-4).

  • Establishes a “free-standing act” known as the Prenatal and Postpartum Counseling and Screening Act (Sec. 2-4).

  • Requires all prenatal and postnatal clinicians to distribute information, to increase awareness of the signs and symptoms of postpartum depression and how to seek treatment (Sec. 2-4).

  • Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect 240 days following passage and approval by the Governor (Sec. 5).

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Title: Expands Screening and Support Care for Postpartum Depression

Title: Expands Screening and Support Care for Postpartum Depression

Title: Expands Screening and Support Care for Postpartum Depression

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