LA Policy
S.R.136 (2023) This resolution encourages mental healthcare providers and healthcare providers who provide care to pregnant and postpartum women to attend continuing education courses on perinatal mental health care and brings awareness of the prevalence of perinatal mood disorders among pregnant and postpartum women.
HB 784 (2022): Mandates that pediatric providers screen for postpartum depression or related mental health disorders if the provider believes that screening would be in the best interest of the patient. Additionally, the LA Department of Health will identify providers specializing in pregnancy-related and postpartum depression or related mental health disorders and develop network adequacy standards for treating pregnant and postpartum women with depression or related mental health disorders and pregnant and postpartum women with substance use disorders.
HCR 105 (2021): Calls for creating a Maternal Mental Health task force (with an intentional focus on Black and brown women). This task force will identify individual, provider, and system barriers to screening, diagnosis, and treatment and explore evidence-based research for emerging treatment options.
HCR 103 (2021): Promotes evidence-based screening for maternal anxiety and depression by requesting certain state agencies to provide preventive care, early identification, and treatment services.