HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3129        FILED ON: 1/20/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2163

 

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 screenings.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Carole A. Fiola

6th Bristol

1/11/2023

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

1/24/2023

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

1/24/2023

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

1/25/2023

Christine P. Barber

34th Middlesex

1/25/2023

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

1/25/2023

Patrick M. O'Connor

First Plymouth and Norfolk

1/26/2023

Jessica Ann Giannino

16th Suffolk

1/27/2023

Josh S. Cutler

6th Plymouth

1/27/2023

James C. Arena-DeRosa

8th Middlesex

1/28/2023

Michael J. Soter

8th Worcester

1/30/2023

Alan Silvia

7th Bristol

1/30/2023

Gerard J. Cassidy

9th Plymouth

1/30/2023

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

1/31/2023

Vanna Howard

17th Middlesex

1/31/2023

Rodney M. Elliott

16th Middlesex

1/31/2023

Mark C. Montigny

Second Bristol and Plymouth

1/31/2023

David F. DeCoste

5th Plymouth

1/31/2023

Danielle W. Gregoire

4th Middlesex

1/31/2023

Steven Owens

29th Middlesex

1/31/2023

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

1/31/2023

Marcus S. Vaughn

9th Norfolk

2/1/2023

Kathleen R. LaNatra

12th Plymouth

2/1/2023

Paul A. Schmid III

8th Bristol

2/1/2023

Thomas P. Walsh

12th Essex

2/2/2023

Ryan M. Hamilton

15th Essex

2/2/2023

Antonio F. D. Cabral

13th Bristol

2/2/2023

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

2/3/2023

William C. Galvin

6th Norfolk

2/6/2023

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

2/6/2023

Mathew J. Muratore

1st Plymouth

2/7/2023

Marc R. Pacheco

Third Bristol and Plymouth

2/7/2023

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

2nd Berkshire

2/8/2023

Mindy Domb

3rd Hampshire

2/15/2023

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

2/15/2023

Patrick Joseph Kearney

4th Plymouth

2/16/2023

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

2/17/2023

Kate Lipper-Garabedian

32nd Middlesex

2/22/2023

David Biele

4th Suffolk

2/28/2023

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Worcester and Middlesex

3/7/2023

Lydia Edwards

Third Suffolk

3/9/2023

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

3/20/2023

Kevin G. Honan

17th Suffolk

3/20/2023

Margaret R. Scarsdale

1st Middlesex

3/24/2023

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

3/28/2023

Dawne Shand

1st Essex

3/30/2023

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

4/6/2023

Kristin E. Kassner

2nd Essex

6/12/2023

Adrianne Pusateri Ramos

14th Essex

6/15/2023

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

6/27/2023

John Francis Moran

9th Suffolk

8/1/2023

William F. MacGregor

10th Suffolk

9/6/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3129        FILED ON: 1/20/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2163

By Representative Fiola of Fall River, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2163) 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. 2285 OF 2021-2022.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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An Act relative to postpartum depression screenings.

 

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 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after Section 10N the following: -

Section 10O. 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.