Closing Gaps in Maternal Mental Healthcare

The Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health is a national think tank, nonprofit organization advancing policies that support a health care system that routinely detects and treats maternal mental health disorders for every mother, every time.

WV Policy

SB 307 (2009): Created an advisory council on maternal risk assessment and granted HHS authority to create rules that shall include a uniform maternal risk screening tool to identify women at risk for a preterm birth or other high-risk conditions. Required all health care providers offering maternity services to utilize the uniform maternal risk screening tool in their examinations of any pregnant woman. Additionally, requires providers to notify the woman of any high-risk condition that they identify along with any necessary referral and report the results in the manner provided in the legislative rule.