Prenatal and postnatal depression, etc.; importance of screening patients. (HB42)

Introduced By

Del. Ibraheem Samirah (D-Herndon) with support from co-patrons Del. Ken Plum (D-Reston), Del. Sam Rasoul (D-Roanoke), and Sen. Joe Morrissey (D-Richmond)

Progress

✓	Introduced
☐	Passed Committee
☐	Passed House
☐	Passed Senate
☐	Signed by Governor
☐	Became Law

Description

Health care providers; screening of patients for prenatal and postpartum depression; training. Directs the Board of Medicine to annually issue a communication to every practitioner licensed by the Board who provides primary, maternity, obstetrical, or gynecological health care services reiterating the standard of care pertaining to prenatal or postnatal depression or other depression and encouraging practitioners to screen every patient who is pregnant or who has been pregnant within the previous five years for prenatal or postnatal depression or other depression, as clinically appropriate. The bill requires the Board to include in such communication information about the factors that may increase susceptibility of certain patients to prenatal or postnatal depression or other depression, including racial and economic disparities, and to encourage providers to remain cognizant of the increased risk of depression for such patients. Read the Bill »

Status

11/19/2019: Awaiting a Vote in the Education and Health Committee

History

Date	Action
11/19/2019	Committee
11/19/2019	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100344D
11/19/2019	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
01/13/2020	Impact statement from DPB (HB42)
01/15/2020	Assigned HWI sub: Health Professions
01/29/2020	House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
01/29/2020	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 0-N)
02/04/2020	Committee substitute printed 20107179D-H1
02/04/2020	Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/05/2020	Read first time
02/06/2020	Read second time
02/06/2020	Committee substitute agreed to 20107179D-H1
02/06/2020	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB42H1
02/07/2020	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
02/07/2020	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/10/2020	Impact statement from DPB (HB42H1)
02/10/2020	Constitutional reading dispensed
02/10/2020	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
02/12/2020	Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
02/20/2020	Reported from Education and Health with amendment (10-Y 5-N)
02/21/2020	Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 50 seconds.

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