(20 ILCS 1305/10-7)
Sec. 10-7.
Postpartum depression.
(a) The Department shall develop and distribute a brochure or other
information
about the signs, symptoms, screening or detection techniques, and care for
postpartum
depression, including but not limited to methods for patients and family
members to
better understand the nature and causes of postpartum depression in order to
lower the
likelihood that new mothers will continue to suffer from this illness. This
brochure shall
be developed in conjunction with the Illinois State Medical Society, the
Illinois Society
for Advanced Practice Nursing, and any other appropriate statewide organization
of
licensed professionals.
(b) The brochure required under subsection (a) of this Section shall be
distributed,
at a minimum, to physicians licensed to practice medicine in all its branches,
certified
nurse midwives, and other health care professionals who provide care to
pregnant women
in the hospital, office, or clinic.
(c) The Secretary may contract with a statewide organization of physicians
licensed to practice medicine in all its branches for the purposes of this
Section.
(Source: P.A. 92-649, eff. 1-1-03.)
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