Healey proposes free nurse home visits, mental health screening after Clancy trial
Massachusetts governor seeks $2M for postpartum care expansion following high-profile case involving postpartum psychosis defense.
What to know
- Gov. Healey proposes $2 million for free nurse home visits to all Massachusetts families with newborns, expanding a federally funded program currently reaching only 3,000 families annually.
- Proposal includes updated mental health screening regulations and $250,000 for a psychiatry access program for mothers.
- Initiative follows Lindsay Clancy trial, where postpartum psychosis was central to the defense in a case involving the deaths of three children.
- Mental illness accounted for 38% of maternal deaths in Massachusetts from 2019–2024, with 85% deemed preventable.
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🇺🇸🇬🇧 Massachusetts is being accused of government overreach for offering new parents a home nurse visit, something Britain's health system already does. Governor Maura Healey wants every new parent offered a home visit from a healthcare provider within days or weeks of a birth,
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