New Hampshire · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 246: 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.

Did not advance Last action November 3, 2025: Inexpedient to Legislate, Senate Rule 3-23, 10/31/2025; SJ 1

Plain-language summary

SB 246 is a bill introduced in the New Hampshire Senate on January 23, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: 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. Primary sponsor: Denise Ricciardi (Republican). It lists 12 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (November 3, 2025): Inexpedient to Legislate, Senate Rule 3-23, 10/31/2025; SJ 1.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Denise Ricciardi (Republican). 12 co-sponsors.