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Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
Filed: 5/20/2019
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2895
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2895 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and |
| 5 | | Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is |
| 6 | | amended by adding Section 2310-223 as follows:
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| 7 | | (20 ILCS 2310/2310-223 new) |
| 8 | | Sec. 2310-223. Obstetric hemorrhage and hypertension |
| 9 | | training. |
| 10 | | (a) As used in this Section, "birthing facility" means (1) |
| 11 | | a hospital, as defined in the Hospital Licensing Act, with more |
| 12 | | than one licensed obstetric bed or a neonatal intensive care |
| 13 | | unit; (2) a hospital operated by a State university; or (3) a |
| 14 | | birth center, as defined in the Alternative Health Care |
| 15 | | Delivery Act. |
| 16 | | (b) The Department shall ensure that all birthing |
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| 1 | | facilities conduct continuing education yearly for providers |
| 2 | | and staff of obstetric medicine and of the emergency department |
| 3 | | and other staff that may care for pregnant or postpartum women. |
| 4 | | The continuing education shall include yearly educational |
| 5 | | modules regarding management of severe maternal hypertension |
| 6 | | and obstetric hemorrhage for units that care for pregnant or |
| 7 | | postpartum women. Birthing facilities must demonstrate |
| 8 | | compliance with these education and training requirements. |
| 9 | | (c) The Department shall collaborate with the Illinois |
| 10 | | Perinatal Quality Collaborative or its successor organization |
| 11 | | to develop an initiative to improve birth equity and reduce |
| 12 | | peripartum racial and ethnic disparities. The Department shall |
| 13 | | ensure that the initiative includes the development of best |
| 14 | | practices for implicit bias training and education in cultural |
| 15 | | competency to be used by birthing facilities in interactions |
| 16 | | between patients and providers. In developing the initiative, |
| 17 | | the Illinois Perinatal Quality Collaborative or its successor |
| 18 | | organization shall consider existing programs, such as the |
| 19 | | Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health and the California |
| 20 | | Maternal Quality Collaborative's pilot work on improving birth |
| 21 | | equity. The Department shall support the initiation of a |
| 22 | | statewide perinatal quality improvement initiative in |
| 23 | | collaboration with birthing facilities to implement strategies |
| 24 | | to reduce peripartum racial and ethnic disparities and to |
| 25 | | address implicit bias in the health care system. |
| 26 | | (d) The Department, in consultation with the Maternal |
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| 1 | | Mortality Review Committee, shall make available to all |
| 2 | | birthing facilities best practices for timely identification |
| 3 | | of all pregnant and postpartum women in the emergency |
| 4 | | department and for appropriate and timely consultation of an |
| 5 | | obstetric provider to provide input on management and |
| 6 | | follow-up. Birthing facilities may use telemedicine for the |
| 7 | | consultation. |
| 8 | | (e) The Department may adopt rules for the purpose of |
| 9 | | implementing this Section.
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| 10 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January |
| 11 | | 1, 2020.".
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