Health & Saf. Code, § 123616 · Article 4.2. Maternal Mental Health
Health & Saf. Code, § 123616
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 773, Sec. 1. (AB 3032) Effective January 1, 2019.
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