Rep. Mary E. Flowers
Filed: 3/19/2019
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2895 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2895, on page 2, 
3immediately below line 9, by inserting the following:


 
4    "(d) The Department shall ensure that all hospitals require 
5all current and new obstetrical staff, emergency department 
6staff, and any other staff, including residents and fellows in 
7training, who provide care for pregnant or postpartum women to 
8receive implicit bias training and education in cultural 
9competency in interactions between patients and providers.
10    (e) The Department shall provide support for the Illinois 
11Perinatal Quality Collaborative to develop an initiative to 
12improve birth equity and reduce peripartum racial and ethnic 
13disparities, modeled using the Alliance for Innovation on 
14Maternal Health and the California Maternal Quality 
15Collaborative's pilot work on improving birth equity. The 
16Department shall support the initiation of a statewide 
17perinatal quality improvement initiative in collaboration with 
18Illinois birthing hospitals to implement strategies to reduce 
 
 
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1peripartum racial and ethnic disparities and to address 
2implicit bias in the health care system.
3    (f) The Department shall ensure that all hospitals develop 
4protocols for timely identification of all pregnant and 
5postpartum women in the emergency department and for 
6appropriate and timely consultation of an obstetric provider to 
7provide input on management and follow-up.".