Full Text of HB4593 97th General Assembly
HB4593 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 HB4593 Introduced 2/1/2012, by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 410 ILCS 250/3 | from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 2103 |
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Amends the Developmental Disability Prevention Act. Provides that the standards related to staffing resources, including, but not limited to, medical and nursing resources, that are implemented through rulemaking after September 1, 2011 shall not exceed current, nationally-recognized, evidence-based practices. Provides that all rulemaking shall recognize and adequately address the needs and resources particular to the locality, institution, workforce availability, outcomes, and other variations impacting patient access to care, as reflected in the hospital's letter of agreement with its Administrative Perinatal Center.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning public health.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Developmental Disability Prevention Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
| 6 | | (410 ILCS 250/3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 2103)
| 7 | | Sec. 3.
By January 1, 1974, the Department, in conjunction | 8 | | with its appropriate
advisory planning committee, shall | 9 | | develop standards for all levels of hospital
perinatal care to | 10 | | include regional perinatal centers. Such standards shall
| 11 | | recognize and correlate with the Hospital Licensing Act | 12 | | approved July 1,
1953, as amended. Standards related to | 13 | | staffing resources, including, but not limited to, medical and | 14 | | nursing resources, that are implemented through rulemaking | 15 | | after September 1, 2011 shall not exceed current, | 16 | | nationally-recognized, evidence-based practices. All | 17 | | rulemaking shall recognize and adequately address the needs and | 18 | | resources particular to the locality, institution, workforce | 19 | | availability, outcomes, and other variations impacting patient | 20 | | access to care, as reflected in the hospital's letter of | 21 | | agreement with its Administrative Perinatal Center. The | 22 | | standards shall assure that:
| 23 | | (a) facilities are equipped and prepared to stabilize |
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| 1 | | infants prior to transport;
| 2 | | (b) coordination exists between general maternity care and | 3 | | perinatal centers;
| 4 | | (c) unexpected complications during delivery can be | 5 | | properly managed;
| 6 | | (d) all high risk pregnancies and childbirths are reviewed | 7 | | at each hospital
or maternity center to determine if such | 8 | | children are born with a handicapping
condition or | 9 | | developmental disability that threatens life or development;
| 10 | | (e) procedures are implemented to identify and report to | 11 | | the Department
all births of children with handicapping | 12 | | conditions or developmental disabilities
that threaten life or | 13 | | development;
| 14 | | (f) children identified as having a handicapping condition | 15 | | or developmental
disability that threatens life or development | 16 | | are promptly evaluated in
consultation with designated | 17 | | regional perinatal centers and referred,
when appropriate, to
| 18 | | such centers, or to other medical specialty services, as
| 19 | | approved by the Department and in accordance with the level of | 20 | | perinatal
care authorized for each hospital or maternity care | 21 | | center for the proper
management and treatment of such | 22 | | condition or disability;
| 23 | | (g) hospital or maternity centers conduct postnatal | 24 | | reviews of all
perinatal deaths as well as reviews of the | 25 | | births of children born with
handicapping conditions or | 26 | | developmental disabilities that threaten life or
development, |
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| 1 | | utilizing criteria of case selection developed by such | 2 | | hospitals
or maternity centers, or the appropriate medical | 3 | | staff committees thereof,
in order to determine the | 4 | | appropriateness of diagnosis and treatment and
the adequacy of | 5 | | procedures to prevent such disabilities or the loss of life;
| 6 | | (h) high risk mothers and their spouses are provided | 7 | | information, referral
and counseling services to ensure | 8 | | informed consent to the treatment of children
born with | 9 | | handicapping conditions or developmental disabilities;
| 10 | | (i) parents and families are provided information, | 11 | | referral and counseling
services to assist in obtaining | 12 | | habilitation, rehabilitation
and special education services
| 13 | | for children born with handicapping conditions or | 14 | | developmental disabilities,
so that such children have an | 15 | | opportunity to realize full potential.
Such standards shall | 16 | | include, but not be limited to, the establishment of
procedures | 17 | | for notification of the appropriate State and local educational
| 18 | | service agencies regarding children who may require evaluation | 19 | | and assessment
under such agencies;
| 20 | | (j) consultation when indicated is provided for and | 21 | | available.
Perinatal centers shall provide care for the high | 22 | | risk expectant mother who may deliver
a distressed or disabled | 23 | | infant. Such centers shall also provide intensive
care to the | 24 | | high risk newborn whose life or physical well-being is in | 25 | | jeopardy.
Standards shall include the availability of: 1 | 26 | | trained personnel; 2 trained
neonatal nursing staff; 3 x-ray |
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| 1 | | and laboratory equipment available on a
24-hour basis; 4 infant | 2 | | monitoring equipment; 5 transportation of mothers
and/or | 3 | | infants; 6 genetic services; 7 surgical and cardiology | 4 | | consultation;
and 8 other support services as may be required.
| 5 | | The standards under this Section shall be established by | 6 | | rules and
regulations of the Department. Such standards shall | 7 | | be deemed sufficient
for the purposes of this Act if they | 8 | | require the perinatal care facilities
to submit plans or enter | 9 | | into agreements with the Department which
adequately address | 10 | | the requirements of paragraphs (a) through (j) above.
| 11 | | (Source: P.A. 84-1308.)
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