A9579 (2023-24 session)
NY State bill
Requires maternal health care providers facilitate a screening for maternal depression, unless refused by the birth mother, within the first six weeks of birth and that such screening be covered by insurance.
- Title
- Requires maternal health care providers facilitate a screening for maternal depression within the first six weeks of birth
- Type
- New York State Assembly bill
- Session
- 2023-24 session
- Status
- In Assembly Committee
- Latest action date
- 2024-03-22
- In committee
- Health
- Introduced
- 2024-03-20
- Active version
- A9579A
- Law section
- Public Health Law
Sponsors
- John Zaccaro, Jr. Assembly Member, District 80
Co-sponsors
Heard in committee
- Health NY State Assembly committee