(730 ILCS 125/17.7)
    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-745)
    Sec. 17.7. Educational programming for pregnant prisoners. The Illinois Department of Public Health shall provide the sheriff with educational programming relating to pregnancy and parenting and the sheriff shall provide the programming to pregnant prisoners. The programming must include instruction regarding:
        (1) appropriate prenatal care and hygiene;
        (2) the effects of prenatal exposure to alcohol and
    
drugs on a developing fetus;
        (3) parenting skills; and
        (4) medical and mental health issues applicable to
    
children.
(Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 7-1-21; 102-28, eff. 6-25-21.)
 
    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 103-745)
    Sec. 17.7. Educational programming and information for pregnant committed persons.
    (a) The Illinois Department of Public Health shall provide the sheriff with educational programming relating to pregnancy and parenting and the sheriff shall provide the programming to pregnant committed persons. The programming must include instruction regarding:
        (1) appropriate prenatal care and hygiene;
        (2) the effects of prenatal exposure to alcohol and
    
drugs on a developing fetus;
        (3) parenting skills; and
        (4) medical and mental health issues applicable to
    
children.
    (b) Each sheriff shall provide informational materials concerning the laws pertaining to pregnant committed persons to any pregnant or postpartum individual. The Department of Public Health shall provide these informational materials to the warden or the sheriff at no cost to the county and the county may accept informational materials from community-based organizations specializing in the rights of pregnant committed persons. The informational materials must include information regarding:
        (1) the prohibition against the use of restraints;
        (2) rules concerning the treatment of pregnant
    
committed persons, including those relating to bed height and supplemental nutrition;
        (3) the right to spend time with a child following
    
delivery;
        (4) the requirement to provide educational
    
programming;
        (5) all rights under the Reproductive Health Act;
        (6) the procedure for obtaining an abortion, if so
    
desired;
        (7) the procedure for obtaining information about
    
guardianship or adoption resources, if so desired;
        (8) any new or additional laws concerning the rights
    
of pregnant committed persons; and
        (9) the address or contact information for community
    
organizations specializing in the rights of pregnant committed persons for questions or concerns.
    (c) Each sheriff must also post informational flyers provided by the Department of Public Health wherever pregnant committed persons may be housed.
(Source: P.A. 102-28, eff. 6-25-21; 103-745, eff. 1-1-25.)