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92_SB1782enr

 
SB1782 Enrolled                                LRB9215385ACsb

 1        AN ACT concerning postpartum depression.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The  Department  of  Human  Services  Act is
 5    amended by adding Section 10-7 as follows:

 6        (20 ILCS 1305/10-7 new)
 7        Sec. 10-7. Postpartum depression.
 8        (a)  The  Department  shall  develop  and  distribute   a
 9    brochure  or  other  information  about  the signs, symptoms,
10    screening or detection techniques, and  care  for  postpartum
11    depression, including but not limited to methods for patients
12    and family members to better understand the nature and causes
13    of  postpartum  depression  in  order to lower the likelihood
14    that new mothers will continue to suffer from  this  illness.
15    This  brochure  shall  be  developed  in conjunction with the
16    Illinois State Medical  Society,  the  Illinois  Society  for
17    Advanced   Practice   Nursing,   and  any  other  appropriate
18    statewide organization of licensed professionals.
19        (b)  The brochure required under subsection (a)  of  this
20    Section  shall  be  distributed,  at a minimum, to physicians
21    licensed to practice medicine in all its branches,  certified
22    nurse  midwives,  and  other  health  care  professionals who
23    provide care to pregnant women in the  hospital,  office,  or
24    clinic.
25        (c)  The   Secretary   may   contract  with  a  statewide
26    organization of physicians licensed to practice  medicine  in
27    all its branches for the purposes of this Section.

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