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 Bill Status of HB2517  104th General Assembly

Short Description:  MATERNAL MORTALITY EDUCATION

House Sponsors
Rep. Lisa Davis, Theresa Mah, Camille Y. Lilly and Janet Yang Rohr

Hearings
Health Care Licenses Committee Hearing Mar 19 2025 10:00AM Stratton Building Room D-1 Springfield, IL
Health Care Licenses Committee Hearing Mar 20 2025 4:00PM Capitol Building Room 118 Springfield, IL


Last Action
DateChamber Action
  3/4/2025HouseAssigned to Health Care Licenses Committee

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
20 ILCS 2310/2310-735 new


Synopsis As Introduced
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 create a professional development course that addresses racial disparities in maternal health treatment and the impact of racial disparities on non-Hispanic Black and American Indian women. Provides that the course shall have a length of at least one hour. Requires the course to include education on (i) current statistics about pregnancy-related death for all racial and ethnic groups, as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, (ii) potential risk factors associated with women that are a part of a marginalized racial or ethnic group that has increased maternal mortality rates, and (iii) medical care plans and programs that have been demonstrated to successfully decrease maternal mortality rates and complications before and after pregnancy. Provides that the Department shall require health care professionals to complete the professional development course.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  2/3/2025HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Lisa Davis
  2/4/2025HouseFirst Reading
  2/4/2025HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  3/4/2025HouseAssigned to Health Care Licenses Committee
  3/10/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah
  3/11/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
  3/13/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
  3/13/2025HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lisa Davis
  3/13/2025HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee

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