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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1548
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 1548 on page 1,
3 line 5, after "1-11", by inserting "and adding Section
4 5-5.23"; and
5 on page 3, after line 6, by inserting the following:
6 "(305 ILCS 5/5-5.23 new)
7 Sec. 5-5.23. Prenatal and perinatal care. The Department
8 of Public Aid may provide reimbursement under this Article
9 for all prenatal and perinatal health care services that are
10 provided for the purpose of preventing low-birthweight
11 infants, reducing the need for neonatal intensive care
12 hospital services, and promoting perinatal health. These
13 services may include comprehensive risk assessments for
14 pregnant women, women with infants, and infants, lactation
15 counseling, nutrition counseling, childbirth support,
16 psychosocial counseling, treatment and prevention of
17 periodontal disease, and other support services that have
18 been proven to improve birth outcomes. The Department shall
19 maximize the use of preventive prenatal and perinatal health
20 care services consistent with federal statutes, rules, and
21 regulations. The Department shall develop a plan for prenatal
22 and perinatal preventive health care and shall present the
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1 plan to the General Assembly by January 1, 2004. On or before
2 January 1, 2006 and every 2 years thereafter, the Department
3 shall report to the General Assembly concerning the
4 effectiveness of prenatal and perinatal health care services
5 reimbursed under this Section in preventing low-birthweight
6 infants and reducing the need for neonatal intensive care
7 hospital services. Each such report shall include an
8 evaluation of how the ratio of expenditures for treating
9 low-birthweight infants compared with the investment in
10 promoting healthy births and infants in local community areas
11 throughout Illinois relates to healthy infant development in
12 those areas.".