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]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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Voting Records

Chamber	Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Total	Result	Source	View
House	Concurrence in House	2019-05-30	114	0	2	0	116	Passed	Link	View
Senate	Third Reading in Senate	2019-05-24	55	0	4	0	59	Passed	Link	View
House	Third Reading in House	2019-04-04	109	2	1	1	113	Passed	Link	View

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