Bill Text: IL HB2820 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. In the definition of "birthing facility", adds birth centers as defined in the Birth Center Licensing Act. Provides that the written policy and continuing education for providers and staff of obstetric medicine and of the emergency department and other staff that may care for pregnant or postpartum women shall include addressing airway emergencies experienced during childbirth. Removes provisions concerning yearly educational modules. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-30 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0169 [HB2820 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB2820-Enrolled.html

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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and
Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
amended by changing Section 2310-222 as follows:
(20 ILCS 2310/2310-222)
Sec. 2310-222. 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; or (4) a birth center, as defined in the Birth Center
Licensing Act.
"Postpartum" means the 12-month period after a person has
delivered a baby.
(b) The Department shall ensure that all birthing
facilities have a written policy and conduct continuing
education yearly for providers and staff of obstetric medicine
and of the emergency department and other staff that may care

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for pregnant or postpartum women. The written policy and
continuing education shall include yearly educational modules
regarding management of severe maternal hypertension and
obstetric hemorrhage, addressing airway emergencies
experienced during childbirth, and management of other leading
causes of maternal mortality for units that care for pregnant
or postpartum women. Birthing facilities must demonstrate
compliance with these written policy and , 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.

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(d) In order to better facilitate continuity of care, the
Department, in consultation with the Illinois Perinatal
Quality Collaborative, shall make available to all birthing
facilities best practices for timely identification and
assessment of all pregnant and postpartum women for common
pregnancy or postpartum complications in the emergency
department and for care provided by the birthing facility
throughout the pregnancy and postpartum period. The best
practices shall include the appropriate and timely
consultation of an obstetric or other relevant provider to
provide input on management and follow-up, such as offering
coordination of a post-delivery early postpartum visit or
other services that may be appropriate and available. Birthing
facilities shall incorporate these best practices into the
written policy required under subsection (b). Birthing
facilities may use telemedicine for the consultation.
(e) The Department may adopt rules for the purpose of
implementing this Section.
(Source: P.A. 101-390, eff. 1-1-20; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21;
102-665, eff. 10-8-21.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.