76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session
Enrolled
House Bill 2235
Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. Presession
filed (at the request of House Interim Committee on Human
Services for Oregon Maternal Mental Health Workgroup)
CHAPTER ................
AN ACT
Relating to maternal mental health; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. { + (1) The Maternal Mental Health Patient and
Provider Education Program is created in the Oregon Health
Authority. The goal of the program is to identify and address
maternal mental health disorders and to prevent the associated
long-term negative outcomes from the disorders that result for
women, children and families.
(2) The authority shall develop informational materials for
health care providers who serve pregnant and postpartum patients,
including patients who have experienced a post-pregnancy loss.
The informational materials must be based on the recommendations
made in the report of the work group on maternal mental health
disorders pursuant to section 1, chapter 624, Oregon Laws 2009.
(3) The authority shall post the informational materials
developed under subsection (2) of this section to the authority's
website to educate the public about maternal mental health
disorders. + }
SECTION 2. { + (1) Physicians, nurse midwives and other
licensed health care professionals who provide prenatal and
postnatal care to patients may provide to each patient, and
family members of the patient, if appropriate, the informational
materials published by the authority under section 1 of this 2011
Act or other maternal mental health education materials that are
approved by the authority.
(2) Hospitals and other health care facilities that provide
maternity care may give postnatal and post-pregnancy loss
patients, and family members of the patients, if appropriate,
prior to the discharge of the patient, the informational
materials published by the authority under section 1 of this 2011
Act or other maternal mental health education materials that are
approved by the authority. + }
SECTION 3. { + The Oregon Health Authority is authorized to
apply for federal grants that are available under 42 U.S.C.
280g-11, 711 and 712 or any other appropriate federal funding
source, and may solicit private gifts, grants or donations to
carry out the provisions of section 1 of this 2011 Act. + }
SECTION 4. { + (1) Sections 1 and 2 of this 2011 Act become
operative when the Oregon Health Authority receives funding
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described in section 3 of this 2011 Act that is sufficient to
carry out the provisions of section 1 of this 2011 Act.
(2) The authority may take any action before the operative date
specified in subsection (1) of this section to obtain the funding
necessary to carry out the provisions of section 1 of this 2011
Act.
(3) Until the operative date specified in subsection (1) of
this section, the authority shall report on the status of funding
requests made under this section at each meeting of the interim
Joint Committee on Ways and Means or to each meeting of the Human
Services Subcommittee of the interim Joint Committee on Ways and
Means. + }
SECTION 5. { + This 2011 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2011 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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Passed by House April 28, 2011
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Ramona Kenady Line, Chief Clerk of House
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Bruce Hanna, Speaker of House
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Arnie Roblan, Speaker of House
Passed by Senate May 19, 2011
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Peter Courtney, President of Senate
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Received by Governor:
......M.,............., 2011
Approved:
......M.,............., 2011
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John Kitzhaber, Governor
Filed in Office of Secretary of State:
......M.,............., 2011
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Kate Brown, Secretary of State
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