KRS 211.122: Educational materials regarding perinatal mental health disorders --

Kentucky Maternal and Infant Health Collaborative -- Establishment --

Purposes -- Annual report.

(1) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall, in cooperation with maternal and

infant health and mental health professional societies:

(a) Develop written information on perinatal mental health disorders and make it

available on its website for access by freestanding birthing centers, hospitals

that provide labor and delivery services, and the public; and

(b) Provide access on its website to one (1) or more evidence -based clinical

assessment tools designed to detect the symptoms of perinatal mental health

disorders for use by health care providers providing perinata l care and health

care providers providing pediatric infant care.

(2) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall establish the Kentucky Maternal

and Infant Health Collaborative. The collaborative shall be composed of the

following members appointed by the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family

Services:

(a) Four (4) representatives of health care facilities that provide obstetrical,

newborn, maternal, and infant health care, one (1) of whom shall be a member

of the Kentucky Chapter of the Amer ican College of Obstetricians and

Gynecologists;

(b) Two (2) providers of maternal mental health care;

(c) Two (2) representatives of university mental health training programs;

(d) Two (2) maternal health advocates;

(e) Three (3) women, each of whom shall have experience living with at least one

(1) of the following:

1. Perinatal mental health disorders;

2. Substance use disorder; and

3. Intimate partner violence;

(f) One (1) public health director of a local health department in the

Commonwealth; and

(g) The commissioner of the Department for Public Health or his or her designee.

(3) The purposes of the collaborative shall be:

(a) Improving the quality of prevention an d treatment of perinatal mental health

disorders;

(b) Promoting the implementation of evidence -based bundles of care to improve

patient safety;

(c) Identifying unaddressed gaps in service related to perinatal mental health

disorders that are linked to geog raphic, racial, and ethnic inequalities; lack of

screenings; and insufficient access to treatments, professionals, or support

groups; and

(d) Exploring grant and other funding opportunities and making

recommendations for funding allocations to address the need for services and

supports for perinatal mental health disorders.

(4) The collaborative shall annually review the operations of the Kentucky Maternal

Psychiatry Access Program established in KRS 211.123.

(5) The objectives set forth in subsection (3) o f this section may be achieved by

incorporating the collaborative's findings and recommendations into other programs

administered by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services that are intended to

improve maternal health care quality and safety.

(6) On or before November 1 of each year, the collaborative shall submit a report to the

Interim Joint Committee on Families and Children, the Interim Joint Committee on

Health Services, and the Advisory Council for Medical Assistance describing the

collaborative's work and any recommendations to address identified gaps in

services and supports for perinatal mental health disorders.