§ 123616

Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 773, Sec. 1. (AB 3032) Effective January 1, 2019.

For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings:

(a)“Maternal mental health condition” means a mental health condition that occurs during pregnancy or during the postpartum period and includes, but is not limited to, postpartum depression.
(b)“Perinatal unit” is a maternity and newborn service of a hospital for the provision of care during pregnancy, labor, delivery, and postpartum and neonatal periods with appropriate staff, space, equipment, and supplies.

Other sections in Article 4.2 - Maternal Mental Health

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