Massachusetts Governor Proposes Improved Postpartum Healthcare After Lindsay Clancy Trial
The proposal would expand home visits and maternal mental health support as state officials say the Welcome Family program serves about 3,000 births a year.
- On Tuesday, Governor Maura Healey announced a $2.25 million funding proposal to expand postpartum support, including free nurse home visits and updated mental health screening regulations across Massachusetts.
- The announcement follows the high-profile mistrial of Duxbury mother Lindsay Clancy, whose case sparked nationwide conversations about gaps in maternal mental healthcare and postpartum psychosis treatment.
- Healey plans to allocate $2 million for the Welcome Family program to serve families welcoming the state's roughly 68,000 newborns annually, with $250,000 for the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program for Moms.
- The Massachusetts Department of Public Health will update regulations to broaden perinatal mental health screenings, helping providers identify and connect families to care for depression and anxiety, officials said.
- Healey will include these requests in a supplemental budget filing, stating, "We're working to expand postpartum care, identify concerns earlier and connect families to the mental health support they need.
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Healey announces new actions to strengthen maternal mental health, postpartum care - Boston News, Weather, Sports
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Massachusetts governor proposes improved postpartum healthcare after Lindsay Clancy trial – WTOP News
BOSTON (AP) — New parents in Massachusetts should receive better support and postpartum care, Gov. Maura Healey said Tuesday, following the high-profile murder trial of Lindsay Clancy who, her attorneys argued, was suffering from unresolved postpartum psychosis when she killed her three children in 2023. Healey proposed providing free home visits by nurses to all...
Healey launches push to expand maternal mental healthcare
Gov. Maura Healey on Tuesday unveiled a series of measures aimed at improving postpartum mental health screening and support, just days after the Lindsay Clancy mistrial that sparked nationwide conversations about maternal mental healthcare.
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