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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="20-1801" future_version_removed="true" title_number="20" title_name="Miscellaneous Health Provisions" subtitle_number="18" subtitle_name="Maternal Mental Health">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>“Health care facility” means a facility or an office where health or medical care is provided to patients by a health care provider.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>“Health care facility” includes a hospital and a limited service hospital.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Health care provider” means a person who is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized under the Health Occupations Article to provide health or medical care in the ordinary course of business or practice of a profession.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“Hospital” has the meaning stated in § 19–301 of this article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>“Limited service hospital” has the meaning stated in § 19–301 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Department, in consultation with stakeholders, shall identify up–to–date, evidence–based, written information about perinatal mood and anxiety disorders that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Has been reviewed by medical experts and national and local organizations specializing in maternal mental health;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Is designed for use by health care providers and pregnant and postpartum women and their families;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Is culturally and linguistically appropriate for potential recipients of the information; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Information addressing:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>The signs and symptoms of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Perinatal medication usage;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>Risk factors of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, including perinatal loss and high–risk pregnancy;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>How and when to screen for symptoms of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>Brief intervention strategies; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="6">
          <text>Evidence–based psychosocial treatments; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Contact information for national and local maternal mental health programs and services.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Department shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Provide the information identified by the Department under subsection (b) of this section to health care facilities and health care providers that provide prenatal care, labor and delivery services, and postnatal care to expectant parents; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Make the information identified by the Department under subsection (b) of this section available on the Department’s website.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
