103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2519 Introduced , by Rep. Katie Stuart SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 210 ILCS 85/11.9 new Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Requires hospitals licensed under the Act to provide information and instructional materials regarding the option to voluntarily donate milk to nonprofit milk banks that are accredited by the Human Milk Banking Association of North America. Provides that the information and instructional materials shall be provided to the parents of each newborn upon discharge from the hospital after the newborn's birth. Contains other provisions. LRB103 25826 CPF 52177 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2519 Introduced , by Rep. Katie Stuart SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 210 ILCS 85/11.9 new 210 ILCS 85/11.9 new Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Requires hospitals licensed under the Act to provide information and instructional materials regarding the option to voluntarily donate milk to nonprofit milk banks that are accredited by the Human Milk Banking Association of North America. Provides that the information and instructional materials shall be provided to the parents of each newborn upon discharge from the hospital after the newborn's birth. Contains other provisions. LRB103 25826 CPF 52177 b LRB103 25826 CPF 52177 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2519 Introduced , by Rep. Katie Stuart SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 210 ILCS 85/11.9 new 210 ILCS 85/11.9 new 210 ILCS 85/11.9 new Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Requires hospitals licensed under the Act to provide information and instructional materials regarding the option to voluntarily donate milk to nonprofit milk banks that are accredited by the Human Milk Banking Association of North America. Provides that the information and instructional materials shall be provided to the parents of each newborn upon discharge from the hospital after the newborn's birth. Contains other provisions. LRB103 25826 CPF 52177 b LRB103 25826 CPF 52177 b LRB103 25826 CPF 52177 b A BILL FOR HB2519LRB103 25826 CPF 52177 b HB2519 LRB103 25826 CPF 52177 b HB2519 LRB103 25826 CPF 52177 b 1 AN ACT concerning health. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by adding 5 Section 11.9 as follows: 6 (210 ILCS 85/11.9 new) 7 Sec. 11.9. Maternal milk donation education. 8 (a) To ensure an adequate supply of pasteurized donor 9 human milk for premature infants in Illinois, a hospital shall 10 provide information and instructional materials regarding the 11 option to voluntarily donate milk to nonprofit milk banks that 12 are accredited by the Human Milk Banking Association of North 13 America. The materials shall be provided free of charge and 14 shall include general information regarding nonprofit milk 15 banking practices and contact information for area nonprofit 16 milk banks that are accredited by the Human Milk Banking 17 Association of North America. 18 (b) The information and instructional materials described 19 in subsection (a) shall be provided to the parents of each 20 newborn upon discharge from the hospital after the newborn's 21 birth. 22 (c) Nothing in this Section prohibits a hospital from 23 obtaining free and suitable information on voluntary milk 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2519 Introduced , by Rep. Katie Stuart SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 210 ILCS 85/11.9 new 210 ILCS 85/11.9 new 210 ILCS 85/11.9 new Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Requires hospitals licensed under the Act to provide information and instructional materials regarding the option to voluntarily donate milk to nonprofit milk banks that are accredited by the Human Milk Banking Association of North America. Provides that the information and instructional materials shall be provided to the parents of each newborn upon discharge from the hospital after the newborn's birth. Contains other provisions. LRB103 25826 CPF 52177 b LRB103 25826 CPF 52177 b LRB103 25826 CPF 52177 b A BILL FOR 210 ILCS 85/11.9 new LRB103 25826 CPF 52177 b HB2519 LRB103 25826 CPF 52177 b HB2519- 2 -LRB103 25826 CPF 52177 b HB2519 - 2 - LRB103 25826 CPF 52177 b HB2519 - 2 - LRB103 25826 CPF 52177 b 1 donation from the Human Milk Banking Association of North 2 America or its accredited members. HB2519 - 2 - LRB103 25826 CPF 52177 b