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Thousands of public commenters urge California board to require perinatal mental-health training; Board refers matter to committees
Summary
Following presentations and dozens of public testimonies describing perinatal mental-health harms, the Board agreed to route consideration of AB 2,279 and AB 2,581 into its workforce-development and outreach processes for further study but made no immediate regulatory mandate.
The California Board of Behavioral Sciences heard extended expert testimony and well over an hour of public comment urging the Board to require baseline education in perinatal (maternal) mental health and to consider menopausal mental-health training for licensees.
Staff introduced the item under statutory direction (AB 2,279 and AB 2,581) that the Board ‘‘consider’’ whether to add courses on menopausal and maternal mental health to continuing-education requirements. Roseanne (board staff) summarized the Board’s ongoing review of degree and continuing-education requirements…
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