103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2820
 
Introduced 2/16/2023, by Rep. Mary E. Flowers
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
20 ILCS 2310/2310-720 new

     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 direct  and assist healthcare facilities that provide labor and delivery services, including teaching hospitals, with the development of a plan (i) to deal with airway emergencies when an individual experiences respiratory failure during childbirth, (ii) to maintain at those facilities equipment to deal with difficult or failed intubation during childbirth, and (iii) to provide notices and training to facility staff on the coordination of care as necessary to prevent respiratory emergencies during childbirth. Effective immediately.
  


LRB103 29740 JDS 56146 b

 
 
A BILL FOR
 

  
HB2820LRB103 29740 JDS 56146 b


  
1    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and 
5Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is 
6amended  by adding Section 2310-720 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 2310/2310-720 new)
8    Sec. 2310-720. Respiratory emergencies during childbirth. 
9The Department of Public Health shall direct  and assist 
10healthcare facilities that provide labor and delivery 
11services, including teaching hospitals, with the development 
12of a plan (i) to address airway emergencies when an individual 
13experiences respiratory failure during childbirth, (ii) to 
14maintain at those facilities equipment to deal with difficult 
15or failed intubation during childbirth, and  (iii) to provide 
16notices and training to facility staff on the coordination of 
17care as necessary to prevent respiratory emergencies during 
18childbirth.
 
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
20becoming law.