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Public Health Committee advances maternal health bill with report‑card provision; amendment to strip data section fails
Summary
The committee approved a maternal health bill that establishes a perinatal mental health task force and requires DPH to produce an annual maternity care report card; an amendment to remove the bill's data collection/reporting section failed on a roll call.
The Public Health Committee voted to advance House Bill 7214, "An Act Concerning Maternal Health," sending the measure to the legislature's next stage.
The bill creates a perinatal mental health task force to study available programs, treatment innovations and service gaps with attention to communities of color, adolescents and immigrants. It directs the Department of Public Health (DPH) to establish an annual maternity care report card, with an advisory committee to design the tool and to…
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