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Public Act 101-0390
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| HB2895 Enrolled | LRB101 08505 CPF 53582 b |
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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 |
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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. |