Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Medicaid Committee on February 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
House Bill 1578
Health insurance and Medicaid; require coverage for postpartum depression screenings.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT STEP THERAPY PROTOCOL FROM BEING USED FOR ANY DRUG THAT IS APPROVED BY THE UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION; TO PROVIDE THAT POSTNATAL CARE PATIENTS AND BIRTHING MOTHERS SHALL BE OFFERED SCREENINGS FOR POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION; TO PROVIDE THAT THE SCREENING PROCESS SHALL BE IN LINE WITH EVIDENCE-BASED GUIDELINES; TO PROVIDE THE PROTOCOLS TO FOLLOW IF A POSTNATAL CARE PATIENT OR BIRTHING MOTHER IS FOUND TO BE SUFFERING FROM POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION; TO PROVIDE THAT AN INSURER SHALL PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION SCREENING; TO AMEND SECTIONS 43-13-117 AND 83-9-36, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
January 20 to February 4, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days
MedicaidJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.