Amendment #1423 to H4700

Postpartum Care Center

Representatives Miranda of Boston and O'Day of West Boylston moves to amend the bill in section 2, by inserting after item 4590-2001, the following item:  "XXXX-XXXX For the Mother Is Supreme Postpartum Care Center to establish a postpartum care center in the Roxbury, Mattapan, or Dorchester neighborhoods and a service delivery app for the purposes of helping families establish a postpartum support plan during the 3rd trimester or before the family leaves the birth center or hospital which will determine the family’s level of supports, identify, educate and prevent postpartum co-morbidities, provide surround care for the entire family by connecting them to resources and services, decrease the postpartum depression rate by connecting families to mental health resources during the 3rd trimester or before they leave the birth center/hospital, increase breastfeeding rates by increasing education of and access to Lactation Counselors and Consultants and Peer Support persons, and to decrease the SIDS rate by teaching safe sleep practices...$190,540.”

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #1423 to H4700

Postpartum Care Center