Del. Code tit. 16 § 801D

Current through 2024 Legislative Session Act Chapter 364
Section 801D - Policy

The maternal mental health care policy of this State shall serve to increase the likelihood that a woman who has given birth and demonstrates symptoms of maternal depression will receive the necessary mental health treatment. The goal of this policy is to provide sufficient resources of information and support, including patient screening soon after childbirth, for women with maternal depression to decrease child abuse or neglect and the need for inpatient treatment.

16 Del. C. § 801D

Added by Laws 2015, ch. 293,s 1, eff. 6/30/2016.