Public Act 103-0169
 
HB2820 EnrolledLRB103 29740 JDS 56146 b


  
    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
    Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and 
Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is 
amended  by changing Section 2310-222 as follows:
 
    (20 ILCS 2310/2310-222)
    Sec. 2310-222. Obstetric hemorrhage and hypertension 
training.
    (a) As used in this Section: 
    "Birthing facility" means (1) a hospital, as defined in 
the Hospital Licensing Act, with more than one licensed 
obstetric bed or a neonatal intensive care unit; (2) a 
hospital operated by a State university; or (3) a birth 
center, as defined in the Alternative Health Care Delivery 
Act; or (4) a birth center, as defined in the Birth Center 
Licensing Act. 
    "Postpartum" means the 12-month period after a person has 
delivered a baby. 
    (b) The Department shall ensure that all birthing 
facilities have a written policy and conduct continuing 
education yearly for providers and staff of obstetric medicine 
and of the emergency department and other staff that may care 
for pregnant or postpartum women. The written policy and 
continuing education shall include yearly educational modules 
regarding management of severe maternal hypertension and 
obstetric hemorrhage, addressing airway emergencies 
experienced during childbirth, and management of other leading 
causes of maternal mortality for units that care for pregnant 
or postpartum women. Birthing facilities must demonstrate 
compliance with these written policy and , education, and 
training requirements. 
    (c) The Department shall collaborate with the Illinois 
Perinatal Quality Collaborative or its successor organization 
to develop an initiative to improve birth equity and reduce 
peripartum racial and ethnic disparities. The Department shall 
ensure that the initiative includes the development of best 
practices for implicit bias training and education in cultural 
competency to be used by birthing facilities in interactions 
between patients and providers. In developing the initiative, 
the Illinois Perinatal Quality Collaborative or its successor 
organization shall consider existing programs, such as the 
Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health and the California 
Maternal Quality Collaborative's pilot work on improving birth 
equity. The Department shall support the initiation of a 
statewide perinatal quality improvement initiative in 
collaboration with birthing facilities to implement strategies 
to reduce peripartum racial and ethnic disparities and to 
address implicit bias in the health care system. 
    (d) In order to better facilitate continuity of care, the 
Department, in consultation with the Illinois Perinatal 
Quality Collaborative, shall make available to all birthing 
facilities best practices for timely identification and 
assessment of all pregnant and postpartum women for common 
pregnancy or postpartum complications in the emergency 
department and for care provided by the birthing facility 
throughout the pregnancy and postpartum period. The best 
practices shall include the appropriate and timely 
consultation of an obstetric or other relevant provider to 
provide input on management and follow-up, such as offering 
coordination of a post-delivery early postpartum visit or 
other services that may be appropriate and available. Birthing 
facilities shall incorporate these best practices into the 
written policy required under subsection (b). Birthing 
facilities may use telemedicine for the consultation.
    (e) The Department may adopt rules for the purpose of 
implementing this Section. 

(Source: P.A. 101-390, eff. 1-1-20; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 
102-665, eff. 10-8-21.)
 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.