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A875Assembly2017-2018 Session

Screen Pregnant Women for Depression

Official title

“Requires maternal depression screening of pregnant women”

Sponsor Aileen GuntherAD-100Affects Health
Status
In Assembly Committee
Health
Impact
7/10
Significant
Passage
0%

Bill progress

Step 2 of 7

In committee · Health

What's happening

This bill requires all maternal health care providers in New York to screen pregnant women for maternal depression.

Why it matters

  1. Early detection and intervention. Mandatory screenings ensure that maternal depression is identified sooner, allowing mothers to access treatment and support before symptoms escalate, which can improve both maternal and child health outcomes.

  2. Standardized care across providers. By requiring all maternal health care providers to conduct screenings, this bill reduces disparities in care and ensures that all pregnant women, regardless of where they receive care, are assessed for depression.

  3. Potential to reduce long-term health costs. Addressing maternal depression early can help prevent complications such as poor prenatal care, preterm birth, and developmental issues in children, potentially reducing healthcare and social service costs over time.

  4. Supports family stability and child development. Untreated maternal depression can negatively affect bonding, parenting, and children’s emotional development, so routine screening can play a crucial role in supporting healthier families and communities.

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Screen Pregnant Women for Depression

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Aileen Gunther

Assembly Member · Assembly District 100

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History

  1. Referred to health
  2. Referred to health

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

875

2017-2018 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

January 9, 2017

Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring maternal depression screenings for pregnant women

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 2500-k of the public health law is renumbered subdivision 4 and a new subdivision 3 is added to read as follows:

3. Maternal depression screening. Every maternal health care provider attending pregnant women in the state shall screen, or cause to be screened, every pregnant woman so attended for maternal depression at intervals to be determined by the commissioner.

§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD03747-01-7

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