HB2895eng 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB2895 Engrossed LRB101 08505 CPF 53582 b

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 adding Section 2310-223 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-223 new)

Sec. 2310-223. Obstetric hemorrhage and hypertension training.

(a) As used in this Section, "hospital" means a hospital licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act.

(b) The Department shall ensure that all hospitals require new obstetric staff hires, emergency department staff hires, anesthesia staff hires, and any other hires that care for pregnant or postpartum women, including residents and fellows in training, to complete educational training on the management of severe maternal hypertension and postpartum hemorrhage. Hospitals must demonstrate completion of the training of new hires with a course certificate from the Department, such as the certificate provided by the Alliance for Innovation in Maternal Health eModules on Maternal Hypertension in Pregnancy and Obstetric Hemorrhage, as supported by the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

(c) The Department shall ensure that all hospitals 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 simulations or drills regarding management of severe maternal hypertension and obstetric hemorrhage for all units that care for pregnant or postpartum women. Hospitals must demonstrate compliance with these education and training requirements.

(d) The Department shall ensure that all hospitals require all current and new obstetrical staff, emergency department staff, and any other staff, including residents and fellows in training, who provide care for pregnant or postpartum women to receive implicit bias training and education in cultural competency in interactions between patients and providers.

(e) The Department shall provide support for the Illinois Perinatal Quality Collaborative to develop an initiative to improve birth equity and reduce peripartum racial and ethnic disparities, modeled using 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 Illinois birthing hospitals to implement strategies to reduce peripartum racial and ethnic disparities and to address implicit bias in the health care system.

(f) The Department shall ensure that all hospitals develop protocols 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.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.