For the department of public health to conduct a postpartum depression pilot program at community health centers in the cities of Holyoke, Lynn, Worcester, Fall River and Salem and the Jamaica Plain section of the city of Boston; provided, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the department of public health to provide technical assistance to health care providers on the implementation of the United States Preventive Services Task Force Perinatal Depression Preventive Intervention recommendations, program oversight to postpartum depression pilot programs, expertise on parental mental health, maternal morbidity, and maternal mortality to the department, and general education and support to community stakeholders; provided further, that said department may expend funds to produce a report, in consultation with other state agencies and hospital systems, to define a set of measures to track the annual perinatal mental health outcomes for all deliveries in the Commonwealth and to outline a process for the collection and reporting of said measures; provided further, that said measures shall include, but not be limited to, the rate of screening for postpartum depression, the identification of perinatal mental health diagnoses, and the incidence of postpartum psychosis; provided further, that said report shall include, but not be limited, to the cost, timing, and feasibility thereof; and provided further, that the department shall report to the clerks of the house of representatives and senate, house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on mental health, substance use and recovery, and the Ellen Story Commission on Postpartum Depression no later than March 1, 2021
