HB 2332 — postpartum depression; treatment; insurers

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education materials) State(now: of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session HOUSE BILL 2332 AN ACT AMENDING TITLE 36, CHAPTER 5, ARTICLE 1, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, BY ADDING SECTION 36-503.04;

postpartum health;

education;

advisory committee) State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session CHAPTER 201 HOUSE BILL 2332 AN ACT AMENDING TITLE 36, CHAPTER 5, ARTICLE 1, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, BY ADDING SECTION 36-503.04;

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE) - i - BeH.B. it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

2332 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

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2332 Sec.

2.

Department of health services;

advisory committee on obstetrics, gynecology and maternal mental health in rural communities;

membership;

report;

delayed repeal A.

The department of health services shall establish an advisory committee on obstetrics, gynecology and maternal mental health in rural communities to develop recommendations to ensure the availability of obstetrics, gynecology and maternal mental health services in low-volume, high-risk rural communities.

B.

The director of the department of health services shall appoint the following members to the advisory committee:

1.

One member who is a representative of a statewide association of hospitals that convenes an alliance for innovation on maternal health.

2.

One member who is a representative from a critical access hospital that offers maternity care services, including labor and delivery.

3.

One member who is a representative from a critical access hospital that does not offer maternity care services.

4.

One member who is a representative from a hospital system in a county with a population of less than one million five hundred thousand persons that delivered more than ten percent of the infants born in this state in 2024.

5.

Six health professionals whose current health care practice includes maternity care services in rural communities as follows:

(a) A physician who is licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 13 or 17, Arizona Revised Statutes, and who specializes in obstetrics and gynecology.

(b) A physician who is licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 13 or 17, Arizona Revised Statutes, who specializes in obstetrics and gynecology and whose practice includes maternity care for patients who are transported from one or more rural communities.

(c) A physician who is licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 13 or 17, Arizona Revised Statutes, and who specializes in family medicine.

(d) A physician who is licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 13 or 17, Arizona Revised Statutes, and who specializes in emergency medicine.

(e) A certified nurse midwife who is licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 15, Arizona Revised Statutes.

(f) A doula who is certified pursuant to title 36, chapter 6, article 7.2, Arizona Revised Statutes.

6.

One member who is a representative from a federally qualified community health center that administers a rural maternity and obstetrics management strategies program.

7.

One member who is a representative from an Indian health service facility or a tribal 638 facility that offers maternity care services, including labor and delivery.

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