KY Policy

HB 90 (2025): Creates an infant end-of-life palliative care program that provides parents with counseling, education, guidance about what to expect in the grieving process, emotional support, assistance with the creation of memories and keepsakes, preparation for meeting the baby and understanding the limitations that may be present at birth, preparing a plan of care for the baby, and religious/spiritual and emotional support for families. 

S.B. 74(2024) Establishes the Kentucky Maternal Psychiatry Access Program, also known as the Kentucky Lifeline for Moms, aimed at assisting healthcare practitioners in addressing the mental health needs of mothers and 2) developing and providing information on perinatal mental health disorders, and establishing the Kentucky Maternal and Infant Health Collaborative to address maternal mental health, among other things. The collaborative is tasked with improving the quality of prevention and treatment for maternal mental health disorders by promoting the implementation of evidence-based patient safety bundles and identifying service gaps caused by geographic, racial, and ethnic inequalities. The collaborative will also annually review the operations of the Kentucky Maternal Psychiatry Access Program. 

S.R. 87 (2024) Recognizing January 23, 2024, as Maternal Mental Health Awareness Day.

S.B.135 (2023): requires the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to make information on postpartum depression and a postpartum assessment tool available on its website. Furthermore, the act requires the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to develop and implement a collaborative program aimed at improving the quality of prevention and treatment of postpartum depression.