IN SR0031

Urges the legislative council to assign an appropriate study committee to examine the impact of pregnant women on Indiana's Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP).

Addresses the transfer of pregnant women's services from Hoosier Healthwise to the HIP Maternity Care program under Indiana's recent Medicaid waiver submission.

Raises concerns about whether maternal mental health and addiction services will be offered at the same level under HIP as they were under Hoosier Healthwise.

Notes that approximately 10 percent of pregnant women and 13 percent of postpartum women experience mental disorders, primarily depression, according to the World Health Organization.

Cites Indiana's 44th-place national ranking in maternal mortality as justification for studying maternal mental health and drug addiction care under the HIP program.