Bill Text: VA HB2613 | 2019 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Maternity care patients; adds information about perinatal anxiety.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-18 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0433) [HB2613 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2019-HB2613-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §32.1-134.01 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§32.1-134.01. Certain information required for maternity patients.
Every licensed nurse midwife, licensed midwife, or hospital
providing maternity care shall, prior to releasing each maternity patient, make
available to such patient and, if present, to the father of the infant,
and other relevant family members, or caretakers, information about
the incidence of postpartum blues and, perinatal depression,
and perinatal anxiety; information to increase awareness of shaken baby
syndrome and the dangers of shaking infants,; and information
about safe sleep environments for infants that is consistent with current
information available from the American Academy of Pediatrics. This information
shall be discussed with the maternity patient and the father of the infant,
and other relevant family members, or caretakers who are present at
discharge.
