New Hampshire legislation · 2025 Regular Session
New Hampshire SB668: authorizing a historic marker on a highway for the purpose of acknowledging the abuse of former residents of the youth developme
Status: Failed, March 12, 2026
authorizing a historic marker on a highway for the purpose of acknowledging the abuse of former residents of the youth development center.
What the bill says
An act providing maternal depression screening for new mothers; increasing access to health care services for new mothers; enabling new parents to attend infant pediatric medical appointments; and developing a plan for perinatal peer support certification. Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5; Sen. Fenton, Dist 10; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. Lang, Dist 2; Sen. Perkins Kwoka, Dist 21; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Rep. Peternel, Carr. 6; Rep. Potenza, Straf. 19; Rep. Rombeau, Hills. 2; Rep. Burnham, Straf. 2; Rep. Kuttab, Rock. 17 COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services ────────────────────────.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT providing maternal depression screening for new mothers; increasing access to health care services for new mothers; enabling new parents to attend infant pediatric medical appointments; and developing a plan for perinatal peer support certification. Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5; Sen. Fenton, Dist 10; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. Lang, Dist 2; Sen. Perkins Kwoka, Dist 21; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Rep. Peternel, Carr. 6; Rep. Potenza, Straf. 19; Rep. Rombeau, Hills. 2; Rep. Burnham, Straf. 2; Rep. Kuttab, Rock. 17 COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── AMENDED ANALYSIS This bill provides maternal depression screening for new mothers; makes an appropriation to the department of health and human services for a perinatal psychiatric provider consult line and to the department of safety for rural maternal health EMS services; directs the department of health and human services to study barriers to independent birth centers; requires insurance coverage for perinatal home visiting services; expands employee protection to attend medical appointments for postpartum care and an infants medical appointments; and directs the department of health and human services to develop a plan for a perinatal peer support certification program. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - …