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1    AN ACT concerning health.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the the 
5Maternal Mental Health Conditions Education, Early Diagnosis, 
6and Treatment Act.
 
7    Section 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds the 
8following:
9        (1) Maternal depression is a common complication of 
10    pregnancy. Maternal mental health disorders encompass a 
11    range of mental health conditions, such as depression, 
12    anxiety, and postpartum psychosis.
13        (2) Maternal mental health conditions affect one in 5 
14    women during or after pregnancy, but all women are at risk 
15    of suffering from maternal mental health conditions.
16        (3) Untreated maternal mental health conditions 
17    significantly and negatively impact the short-term and 
18    long-term health and well-being of affected women and their 
19    children.
20        (4) Untreated maternal mental health conditions cause 
21    adverse birth outcomes, impaired maternal-infant bonding, 
22    poor infant growth, childhood emotional and behavioral 
23    problems, and significant medical and economic costs, 
 
 
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1    estimated to be $22,500 per mother.
2        (5) Lack of understanding and social stigma of mental 
3    health conditions prevent women and families from 
4    understanding the signs, symptoms, and risks involved with 
5    maternal mental health conditions and disproportionately 
6    affect women who lack access to social support networks.
7        (6) It is the intent of the General Assembly to raise 
8    awareness of the risk factors, signs, symptoms, and 
9    treatment options for maternal mental health conditions 
10    among pregnant women and their families, the general 
11    public, primary health care providers, and health care 
12    providers who care for pregnant women, postpartum women, 
13    and newborn infants.
 
14    Section 10. Definitions. In this Act:
15    "General acute care hospital" means a health facility 
16having a duly constituted governing body with overall 
17administrative and professional responsibility and an 
18organized medical staff that provides 24-hour inpatient care, 
19including the following basic services: medical, nursing, 
20surgical, anesthesia, laboratory, radiology, pharmacy, and 
21dietary services. A general acute care hospital may include 
22more than one physical plant maintained and operated on 
23separate premises. A general acute care hospital that 
24exclusively provides acute medical rehabilitation center 
25services, including at least physical therapy, occupational 
 
 
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1therapy, and speech therapy, may provide for the required 
2surgical and anesthesia services through a contract with 
3another acute care hospital.
4    "Maternal mental health condition" means a mental health 
5condition that occurs during pregnancy or during the postpartum 
6period and includes, but is not limited to, postpartum 
7depression.
8    "Perinatal unit" is a maternity and newborn service of a 
9hospital for the provision of care during pregnancy, labor, 
10delivery, and postpartum and neonatal periods with appropriate 
11staff, space, equipment, and supplies.
12    "Special hospital" means a health facility having a duly 
13constituted governing body with overall administrative and 
14professional responsibility and an organized medical or dental 
15staff that provides inpatient or outpatient care in dentistry 
16or maternity.
  
 
17    Section 15. Educational program about maternal mental 
18health conditions.  A general acute care hospital or special 
19hospital that has a perinatal unit, in collaboration with 
20medical staff, shall by January 1, 2021 develop and implement a 
21program to provide education and information to appropriate 
22health care professionals and patients about maternal mental 
23health conditions. The educational program developed under 
24this Section shall include all of the following:
25    (a) Education and information for postpartum women and 
 
 
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1families about maternal mental health conditions, 
2post-hospital treatment options, and community resources.
3    (b) Education and information for hospital employees 
4regularly assigned to work in the perinatal unit, including, as 
5appropriate, registered nurses and social workers, about 
6maternal mental health conditions.
7    (c) Any other service the hospital determines should be 
8included in the program to provide optimal patient care.