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Panel approves bill requiring perinatal mental-health screenings through one year postpartum
Summary
A House committee passed a substitute for House Bill 649 (LC461202S) to require mental-health screening for pregnant people and those up to one year after birth; the measure cites professional society guidance and would require an annual report to the General Assembly.
Representative Bennett presented the substitute for House Bill 649 (LC461202S), which would require mental-health screening for pregnant women and for postpartum people through one year after birth. Bennett told the committee the measure responds to high maternal mortality in Georgia and a Department of Public Health report that identified mental-health conditions as a leading preventable cause of perinatal death.
The substitute includes definitions for maternal mental-health conditions and for…
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