Public health; requiring certain perinatal mental health screenings; requiring the State Department of Health to make available certain resources; requiring compilation and publication of certain data. Effective date.
SB1058 creates a new set of public health requirements focused on the perinatal period, defined as the time from pregnancy through one year after birth. It requires health care providers who see a mother or infant during that period to perform a mental health screening for signs of perinatal depression and anxiety. The bill also directs providers, to the extent permitted by privacy law, to share data with the State Department of Health for implementation purposes.
The bill further requires the Department of Health to develop and maintain a public website and mobile application that provide information on programs, services, and other resources for women and infants during the perinatal period. Those resources are intended to improve access to health care, mental health services, public assistance, and other supports. The department may also use the platform to conduct surveys and enter contracts needed to carry out the program.
SB1058 also establishes a data collection and reporting framework. The Department of Health must gather information on maternal, mental, and infant health outcomes from provider reports, surveys, and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, then compile the information into an annual report. The report must include the incidence of perinatal depression and anxiety and break data down by age, ethnicity, and other relevant demographic factors, with publication on the department website and submission to legislative leaders and the governor.
The bill’s impact on state law would be to add new duties to health care providers and the State Department of Health within Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes. It would create a formal statewide system for screening, resource referral, data sharing, and annual reporting on perinatal and maternal health outcomes, potentially affecting hospitals, clinics, maternal health providers, and public health administrators. The act is set to become effective November 1, 2025.
The available context shows no recorded committee debate or votes, so there is no documented opposition or support in the provided materials. Based on the bill text alone, the measure appears to be framed as a maternal and infant health initiative with a strong public health and data-driven focus, and any contention would likely center on provider compliance burdens, privacy concerns around data sharing, and the costs of building and maintaining the new website, app, and reporting system.
SB1058 would add new provisions to Title 63 requiring perinatal mental health screening, limited data sharing with the State Department of Health, creation of a public resource website and mobile app, and annual reporting on maternal, mental, and infant health outcomes. It would affect health care providers who treat mothers or infants during the perinatal period, as well as the Department of Health, which would take on new responsibilities for data collection, surveys, reporting, and public information services.
No committee transcripts or vote history were provided, so there is no documented legislative sentiment in the record supplied. The bill’s text suggests a generally supportive public health approach aimed at improving maternal and infant outcomes through screening, access to resources, and data collection.
The bill does not include recorded debate, so no specific points of contention are documented. Potential areas of concern suggested by the text include the administrative burden on health care providers to conduct screenings and report data, privacy limitations on sharing patient information, and the operational costs and logistics of developing the required website, mobile application, surveys, contracts, and annual reports.