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House establishes DPH advisory committee to study perinatal mental health and doula-friendly hospital practices
Summary
HB 7214 tasks the Department of Public Health with convening an advisory committee to study perinatal mental health and doula-friendly policies; a floor amendment removed a fiscal-note item and the bill passed 138–3. The committee will include providers, hospital and community representatives.
The Connecticut House adopted HB 7214, which directs the Department of Public Health to convene an advisory committee to study perinatal mental health, community- and multigenerational practices, the feasibility of doula-friendly hospital policies, and models for funding services.
Representative McCarthy Behave,…
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