California Health and Safety Code

§ 123616

HSC § 123616 Effective Jan 1, 2019Div. 106 · Part 2 · Ch. 2 · Art. 4.2

Statute text

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.

Legislative history

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