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DIVISION 106 - PERSONAL HEALTH CARE (INCLUDING MATERNAL, CHILD, AND ADOLESCENT)
PART 2 - MATERNAL, CHILD, AND ADOLESCENT HEALTH
CHAPTER 2 - Maternal Health
ARTICLE 4.2 - Maternal Mental Health
Section 123616.
Universal Citation: CA Health & Safety Code § 123616 (2021)
123616.
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.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 773, Sec. 1. (AB 3032) Effective January 1, 2019.)
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