Bill Title: Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall ensure that all birthing facilities conduct continuing education yearly for providers and staff of obstetric medicine and of the emergency department and other staff that may care for pregnant or postpartum women. Requires the continuing education to include yearly educational modules regarding management of severe maternal hypertension and obstetric hemorrhage for units that care for pregnant or postpartum women. Requires birthing facilities to demonstrate compliance with the education and training requirements. Provides that the Department shall collaborate with the Illinois Perinatal Quality Collaborative or its successor organization to develop an initiative to improve birth equity and reduce peripartum racial and ethnic disparities. Provides that the Department shall support the initiation of a statewide perinatal quality improvement initiative. Provides that the Department shall make available to all birthing facilities best practices for timely identification of all pregnant and postpartum women in the emergency department and for appropriate and timely consultation of an obstetric provider to provide input on management and follow-up. Effective January 1, 2020.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-08-16 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0390 [HB2895 Detail]

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Bill Drafts

Revision	Date	Format	Source	View
Chaptered	2019-08-19	HTML/Text	Link	View
Enrolled	2019-06-05	HTML/Text	Link	View
Engrossed	2019-03-19	HTML/Text	Link	View
Introduced	2019-02-14	HTML/Text	Link	View

Amendments

Amendment	Date	Disposition	Format	Source	View
Senate Amendment 001	2019-05-20	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View
House Amendment 001	2019-03-19	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View

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