SB2708

Mississippi SB2708 mandates health care professionals to screen birth mothers for postpartum depression and requires insurers to cover such.

Mississippi SB2708 requires health care professionals attending births to screen mothers for postpartum depression within six weeks postpartum. It mandates insurers to cover these screenings without deductibles or copayments. The bill also requires hospitals providing birth services to provide educational materials about maternal mental health to new parents and family members. It defines terms such as "birth mother" and "depression" and creates new sections in the Mississippi Code of 1972 to enforce these provisions.