Bill Title: Creates the Home Birth Safety Act. Provides for the licensure of midwives by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Creates the Illinois Midwifery Board. Sets forth provisions concerning qualifications, grounds for disciplinary action, and administrative procedures. Imposes conditions on any rulemaking authority. Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act to set a repeal date for the new Act of January 1, 2020. Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987 and the Nurse Practice Act to make related changes.

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-23 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider [HB0226 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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