Illinois House Bill 2517

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 3 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-04 - Referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall create a professional development course that addresses racial disparities in maternal health treatment and the impact of racial disparities on non-Hispanic Black and American Indian women. Provides that the course shall have a length of at least one hour. Requires the course to include education on (i) current statistics about pregnancy-related death for all racial and ethnic groups, as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, (ii) potential risk factors associated with women that are a part of a marginalized racial or ethnic group that has increased maternal mortality rates, and (iii) medical care plans and programs that have been demonstrated to successfully decrease maternal mortality rates and complications before and after pregnancy. Provides that the Department shall require health care professionals to complete the professional development course.

MATERNAL MORTALITY EDUCATION

Rep. Lisa Davis [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-04	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2025-02-04	House	First Reading
2025-02-03	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lisa Davis

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
20	2310	2310-735	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2517&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=114&GA=104
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/104/HB/10400HB2517.htm