HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 637        FILED ON: 1/26/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2285

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Carole A. Fiola

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to postpartum depression screening.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Carole A. Fiola

6th Bristol

1/25/2021

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

1/26/2021

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

1/27/2021

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

1/28/2021

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

1/28/2021

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

3rd Berkshire

1/28/2021

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

1/28/2021

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

1/28/2021

Alan Silvia

7th Bristol

1/29/2021

Christine P. Barber

34th Middlesex

2/2/2021

Vanna Howard

17th Middlesex

2/2/2021

Bud L. Williams

11th Hampden

2/3/2021

Joseph D. McKenna

18th Worcester

2/3/2021

Carolyn C. Dykema

8th Middlesex

2/12/2021

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

2/16/2021

Paul A. Schmid, III

8th Bristol

2/19/2021

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

2/22/2021

Tami L. Gouveia

14th Middlesex

2/22/2021

Jessica Ann Giannino

16th Suffolk

2/23/2021

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

2/25/2021

Kate Lipper-Garabedian

32nd Middlesex

2/26/2021

Michelle L. Ciccolo

15th Middlesex

2/26/2021

Steven G. Xiarhos

5th Barnstable

2/26/2021

Danillo A. Sena

37th Middlesex

2/26/2021

Michael J. Soter

8th Worcester

3/4/2021

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

3/7/2021

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

5/25/2021

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

6/7/2021


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 637        FILED ON: 1/26/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2285

By Ms. Fiola of Fall River, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2285) of Carole A. Fiola and others that the Division of Medical Assistance be directed to provide coverage for screenings for postpartum depression.  Public Health.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1879 OF 2019-2020.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)

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An Act relative to postpartum depression screening.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Chapter 118E of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after Section 10L the following: -

Section 10M. The division shall provide coverage of screenings by pediatricians for postpartum depression in mothers of newly born children during any visit to a pediatrician’s office taking place for up to one year from the date of the child’s birth.