New Jersey § 26:2-178

Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 26:2-178, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 26:2-178.

a. The Department of Health shall develop and implement a plan to improve access to

perinatal mood and anxiety disorder screening, referral, treatment, and support services. b. The plan shall provide strategies to: (1) increase awareness among mental health care service providers who treat women

experiencing perinatal mood and anxiety disorders with regard to the prevalence and

effects of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders on women and children; (2) establish a referral network of mental health care providers and support services

for women who are in need of perinatal mood and anxiety disorder treatment; (3) increase women's access to formal and informal peer support services, including

access to certified peer specialists who have received training related to perinatal

mood and anxiety disorders; (4) raise public awareness for, and reduce the stigma related to, perinatal mood and

anxiety disorders; and (5) provide available funds to perinatal mood and anxiety disorder screening, referral,

treatment, and support services.

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