Bill Text: IL HB2895 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Chaptered
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]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB2895-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 101-0390 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and | ||||
Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | ||||
amended by adding Section 2310-223 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 2310/2310-223 new) | ||||
Sec. 2310-223. Obstetric hemorrhage and hypertension | ||||
training. | ||||
(a) As used in this Section, "birthing facility" means (1) | ||||
a hospital, as defined in the Hospital Licensing Act, with more | ||||
than one licensed obstetric bed or a neonatal intensive care | ||||
unit; (2) a hospital operated by a State university; or (3) a | ||||
birth center, as defined in the Alternative Health Care | ||||
Delivery Act. | ||||
(b) The Department 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. | ||||
The continuing education shall include yearly educational | ||||
modules regarding management of severe maternal hypertension | ||||
and obstetric hemorrhage for units that care for pregnant or | ||||
postpartum women. Birthing facilities must demonstrate | ||||
compliance with these education and training requirements. | ||
(c) 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. The Department shall | ||
ensure that the initiative includes the development of best | ||
practices for implicit bias training and education in cultural | ||
competency to be used by birthing facilities in interactions | ||
between patients and providers. In developing the initiative, | ||
the Illinois Perinatal Quality Collaborative or its successor | ||
organization shall consider existing programs, such as the | ||
Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health and the California | ||
Maternal Quality Collaborative's pilot work on improving birth | ||
equity. The Department shall support the initiation of a | ||
statewide perinatal quality improvement initiative in | ||
collaboration with birthing facilities to implement strategies | ||
to reduce peripartum racial and ethnic disparities and to | ||
address implicit bias in the health care system. | ||
(d) The Department, in consultation with the Maternal | ||
Mortality Review Committee, 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. Birthing facilities may use telemedicine for the | ||
consultation. | ||
(e) The Department may adopt rules for the purpose of | ||
implementing this Section.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||
1, 2020.
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