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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
SENATE BILL 1058 By: Goodwin
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to public health; defining term;
requiring certain perinatal mental health screenings;
directing certain disclosure of data; requiring the
State Department of Health to make available certain
website and application for p erinatal resources;
authorizing certain survey and contracts; requiring
the Department to collect specified data; directing
compilation and publication of certain annual report;
providing for codification; and providing an
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes a s Section 1-242a.1 of Title 63, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
As used in this act, “perinatal period” means the period
beginning when a woman becomes pregnant and ending one (1) year
after the woman gives birth.
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-242a.2 of Title 63, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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A. Any health care provider who conducts a visit wit h a mother
or infant during the perinatal period shall conduct a mental health
screening of the mother to check for signs of p erinatal depression
and anxiety.
B. To the extent allowed under state and federal privacy laws,
health care providers shall share data with the State Department of
Health for the purpose of implementing Section 4 of this act.
SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-242a.3 of Title 63, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. The State Department of Health shall develop and make
available to the public a website and a mobile application that
provide information on programs, services, and other resources for
women and infants during the perinatal period. The information and
resources shall be designed to ease access to health care, mental
health services, public assistance programs, and other available
public and private supports and to improve maternal health , mental
health, and infant health outcomes .
B. The Department may use the website and application to
conduct a survey on maternal health , mental health, and infant
health for the purpose of fulfilling the requirements of Section 4
of this act.
C. The Department may enter into one or more contracts as
necessary to implement the provisions of this se ction.
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SECTION 4. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-242a.4 of Title 63, unless
there is created a duplica tion in numbering, reads as follows:
A. The State Department of Health shall collect data on
maternal health, mental health, and infant health outcomes through
available sources which may include, but shall not be limited to:
1. Data reported by health c are providers under Section 2 of
this act;
2. Data obtained through surveys un der Section 3 of this act;
and
3. Data obtained through the Behavioral Risk Factor
Surveillance System.
B. The Department shall compile the data into an annual report
on maternal health, mental health, and infant health outcomes that
includes incidence of perinatal depression and anxiety and
categorizes data by age, ethnicity, and other relevant demographic
factors.
C. The report shall be published on the Department ’s website
and shall be electronically submitted to the President Pro Tempore
of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the
Governor.
SECTION 5. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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