No. SB 866
Filed under Healthcare.
Health Care Practitioner Maternal Mental Health Continuing Education Requirements; Providing curriculum requirements relating to maternal mental health for the required continuing education hours for licensure renewal; requiring a board, or the Department of Health if there is no board, to periodically update specified curriculum and accept the successful completion of such curriculum as credit toward continuing education requirements, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDContinuing education required for health care practitioner license renewal must now cover maternal mental health, including how to screen for it, the range of disorders involved, and evidence-based treatment options.
The curriculum must also teach when an obstetrician or primary care physician should consult a psychiatrist instead of simply referring the patient out, and must stress involving the mother in her own treatment plan.
A board, or the Department of Health if a specialty has no board, must keep this curriculum updated as new research emerges.
Boards must accept completion of this curriculum as continuing education credit for practitioners in pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, psychiatry, and clinical psychology.
AIContinuing education hours required for license renewal must include best practices in screening for maternal mental health disorders, the range of those disorders, and evidence-based treatment options.
AIWhichever board oversees a practitioner's license, or the Department of Health if that specialty has no board, must periodically update this curriculum so it reflects new research rather than staying static.
AIBoards must accept successful completion of this maternal mental health curriculum as credit toward the continuing education a practitioner needs to renew a license in pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, psychiatry, or clinical psychology.
AIThe curriculum must specifically teach obstetricians and primary care physicians when a maternal mental health case calls for consulting a psychiatrist rather than referring the patient out entirely.
AIThe curriculum on evidence-based treatment options must specifically stress the importance of letting the mother take part in developing her own treatment plan, not just receive one.