The Amandla Group, LLC

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and we’re highlighting policy wins that support Maternal (Perinatal) Mental Health. 🤰🏾🧠🏥

For our last week of May, we’re focusing on ✨️ SB 148 ✨️ authored by State Senator Beth Mizell. SB 148 helps reduce delays caused by insurance “step therapy” requirements — meaning patients may no longer have to try and fail other medications before accessing physician-recommended postpartum depression treatment. The Amandla Group was an active part of the coalition leading to the passage of this legislation. 👏🏾

Postpartum depression is time-sensitive, and timely treatment matters for both parent and baby. 🤱🏾

↔️ Swipe through to learn more about what this law means for Louisiana families, providers, and access to care.

“When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to say something, to do something. Our children and their children will ask us, ‘What did you do? What did you say?’ We have to find a way to get in the way and get in trouble. Good trouble. Necessary trouble.” -Congressman John Lewis