Amendment ID: S2996-11

Amendment 11

Post-Miscarriage and Postpartum Mental Health Care

Ms. Rausch, Ms. DiZoglio and Messrs. Eldridge and Montigny move that the proposed new text be amended by inserting, after section 5, the following new section:-

“SECTION 5A. Said section 17C of chapter 32A of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the words “postpartum care,” the following words:- “including without limitation post-miscarriage mental health care and postpartum mental health care for up to 12 months postpartum,”; and

In section 6 by striking the words “or abortion-related care” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “, abortion-related care, post-miscarriage mental health care or postpartum mental health care”; and By inserting, after section 14, the following new section:-

“SECTION 14A. Said section 10A of chapter 118E, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the words “postpartum care” the following words:- “, including without limitation post-miscarriage mental health care and postpartum mental health care for up to 12 months postpartum”;  and

By inserting, after section 17, the following new section:-

“SECTION 17A. Said section 47F of chapter 175, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the words “postpartum care” the following words:- “, including without limitation post-miscarriage mental health care and postpartum mental health care for up to 12 months postpartum,”; and

In section 18 by striking the words “or abortion-related care” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “, abortion-related care, post-miscarriage mental health care or postpartum mental health care”;

and further amended by inserting, after section 20, the following new section:-

“SECTION 20A. Said section 8H of chapter 176A, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the words “postpartum care” the following words:- “, including without limitation post-miscarriage mental health care and postpartum mental health care for up to 12 months postpartum,”; and

In section 22 by striking the words “or abortion-related care” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “, abortion-related care, post-miscarriage mental health care or postpartum mental health care”; and

By inserting, after section 23, the following new section:-

“SECTION 23A. Said section 4H of chapter 176B, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the words “postpartum care” the following words:- “, including without limitation post-miscarriage mental health care and postpartum mental health care for up to 12 months postpartum”; and In section 25 by striking the words “or abortion-related care” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “, abortion-related care, post-miscarriage mental health care or postpartum mental health care”; and

By inserting, after section 26, the following new section:-

“SECTION 26A. Said section 4I of chapter 176G, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the words “postpartum care” the following words:- “, including without limitation post-miscarriage mental health care and postpartum mental health care for up to 12 months postpartum”;

and further amended in section 27 by striking the words “or abortion-related care”, each time they appear, and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “, abortion-related care, post-miscarriage mental health care or postpartum mental health care”; and

By inserting at the end thereof the following new section:-

SECTION X. A health care provider who provides miscarriage care, treatment, or management shall, at minimum, screen a patient for a decline in mental health on the third, seventh, and fourteenth days after a miscarriage. The department of public health, through its licensing boards, may promulgate regulations or adopt guidance regarding the provision of the screenings required by this section.