MA S1171

Adds legal definitions for "postpartum psychosis" and "postpartum depression" to Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 123, establishing these as recognized perinatal mood and anxiety disorders

Requires the Department of Public Health to create a free digital resource center on perinatal mental health disorders and mandates healthcare providers to inform patients about these resources

Mandates screening for perinatal psychiatric complications for any defendant who gave birth within 12 months prior to a charged crime, with examinations by reproductive psychiatry experts required within 48 hours

Establishes a "forensic conditional release program" allowing outpatient treatment for individuals found incompetent to stand trial or not guilty by reason of mental illness due to postpartum conditions, with 90-day progress reports and up to 1-year outpatient periods

Allows resentencing hearings for defendants whose postpartum depression or psychosis was undiagnosed, untreated, or substantially affected their ability to understand their actions, and establishes these conditions as mitigating circumstances in cases involving life imprisonment without parole