DE Policy

HCR 5 (2025): Designated January 23, 2025, as Maternal Health Awareness Day in Delaware to address the state’s maternal health crisis, while advocating for the use of doulas and maternal safety bundles to combat leading causes of death like hypertensive disorders and postpartum hemorrhage, and calling for state initiatives to address a projected shortage of up to 15,000 OB/GYNs by 2050.

S.B. 106/S.S. 1 (2024) Expands the concept of maternal mental health by replacing the definition of maternal depression with the more encompassing language of “perinatal mood and anxiety disorder”.

S.C.R 195 (2024): Proclaiming the month of October 2024 as “Depression Awareness Month” in the state of Delaware. This resolution specifically highlights “postpartum depression” as a form of depression in the text. 

S.C.R 148 (2024): Recognizing May 1, 2024, as “Maternal Mental Health Awareness Day” in the state of Delaware.

H.C.R 79 (2024): Recognizing January 23, 2024, as Maternal Health Awareness Day in the state of Delaware

S.C.R. 44 (2023): recognizes May 5, 2023, as Maternal Mental Health Awareness Day. 

H.C.R. 3 (2023): designates January 23, 2023, as “Maternal Health Awareness Day” and recognizes maternal mental health.

S.C.R. 87  (2023): proclaims October 2023 as “Depression Awareness Month.” In bringing awareness to various forms of depression and their prevalence, including postpartum depression.