NH HB1747

Requires the Insurance Department to establish a program reimbursing pregnant Medicaid recipients for one mental health screening during each trimester of pregnancy

Directs the Insurance Department to reimburse physicians and qualified health care providers for time spent advising patients about resources after diagnosing a perinatal mental health condition

Mandates the Department of Health and Human Services create an outreach program to educate perinatal mental health therapy providers and those with prescribing authority

Establishes a loan reimbursement incentive program for mental health providers who obtain perinatal mental health certification and complete 2 continuous years of employment in the field

Requires the Insurance Department to review Medicaid reimbursement rates and offer higher rates to providers certified in perinatal mental health (though the fiscal note indicates this may conflict with DHHS authority over Medicaid)