Bill Text: NJ S705 | 2020-2021 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires DOH to develop and implement plan to improve access to perinatal mood and anxiety disorder screening.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-2)

Status: (Passed) 2022-01-18 - Approved P.L.2021, c.380. [S705 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2020-S705-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 705

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

219th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2020 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  M. TERESA RUIZ

District 29 (Essex)

Senator  SANDRA B. CUNNINGHAM

District 31 (Hudson)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires DOH to develop and implement plan to improve access to postpartum depression screening.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Senate Education Committee on September 14, 2020, with amendments.

  

An Act concerning mental health and supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

      1.   a.  The Department of Health shall develop and implement a plan to improve access to ¹[postpartum depression] perinatal mood and anxiety disorder¹ screening, referral, treatment, and support services.

      b.   The plan shall provide strategies to:

      (1)  increase awareness among mental health care service providers who treat women experiencing ¹[postpartum depression] perinatal mood and anxiety disorders¹ with regard to the prevalence and effects of ¹[postpartum depression] perinatal mood and anxiety disorders¹ on women and children;

      (2)  establish a referral network of mental health care providers and support services for women who are in need of ¹[postpartum depression] perinatal mood and anxiety disorder¹ treatment;

      (3)  increase women's access to formal and informal peer support services, including access to certified peer specialists who have received training related to ¹[postpartum depression] perinatal mood and anxiety disorders¹;

      (4)  raise public awareness for, and reduce the stigma related to, ¹[postpartum depression] perinatal mood and anxiety disorders¹; and

     (5)   provide available funds to ¹[postpartum depression] perinatal mood and anxiety disorder¹ screening, referral, treatment, and support services.

 

     2.    The Commissioner of Health shall adopt rules and regulations, in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), as are necessary to effectuate the provisions of this act.

 

     3.    This act shall take effect immediately.