Bill Text: CA SCR63 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 65-20)

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-20 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 101, Statutes of 2023. [SCR63 Detail]

Download: California-2023-SCR63-Chaptered.html

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Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 63

CHAPTER 101

Relative to Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month.

[ Filed with Secretary of State  June 20, 2023. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SCR 63, Hurtado. Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month.

This measure would dedicate the month of May 2023 as Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month.

Digest Key

Fiscal Committee: NO  

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Bill Text

WHEREAS, In the United States, maternal depression is the most common complication of pregnancy. Maternal mental health disorders encompass a range of mental health conditions, such as depression, anxiety, and postpartum psychosis; and

WHEREAS, Maternal mental health affects one in eight women during or after pregnancy, but all women are at risk of suffering from maternal mental health disorders. Specifically, in California, one in five Californian mothers suffers from pregnancy-related depression; and

WHEREAS, Fewer than 15 percent of identified cases of maternal mental health disorders are treated as a result of personal, structural, and systemic barriers within the health care system; and

WHEREAS, Untreated maternal mental health disorders significantly and negatively impact the short- and long-term health and well-being of affected women and their children; and

WHEREAS, Untreated maternal mental health disorders cause adverse birth outcomes, impaired maternal-infant bonding, poor infant growth, childhood emotional and behavioral problems, and significant medical and economic costs; and

WHEREAS, Lack of understanding and social stigma of mental health disorders prevent women and families from understanding the signs, symptoms, and risks involved with maternal mental health and disproportionately affect women who lack access to social support networks; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring, That the Legislature dedicates the month of May 2023 as Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month; and be it further

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.