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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 University of Illinois Hospital Act is
5 amended by adding Section 8h as follows:
6 (110 ILCS 330/8h new)
7 Sec. 8h. Maternal milk donation education.
8 (a) To ensure an adequate supply of pasteurized donor
9 human milk for premature infants in Illinois, the University
10 of Illinois Hospital shall provide information and
11 instructional materials to parents of each newborn, upon
12 discharge from the University of Illinois Hospital, regarding
13 the option to voluntarily donate milk to non-profit milk banks
14 that are accredited by the Human Milk Banking Association of
15 North America or its successor organization. The materials
16 shall be provided free of charge and shall include general
17 information regarding non-profit milk banking practices and
18 contact information for area nonprofit milk banks that are
19 accredited by the Human Milk Banking Association of North
20 America.
21 (b) The information and instructional materials described
22 in subsection (a) may be provided electronically.
23 (c) Nothing in this Section prohibits the University of
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1 Illinois Hospital from obtaining free and suitable information
2 on voluntary milk donation from the Human Milk Banking
3 Association of North America, or its successor organization,
4 or their accredited members.
5 Section 10. The Alternative Health Care Delivery Act is
6 amended by adding Section 35.2 as follows:
7 (210 ILCS 3/35.2 new)
8 Sec. 35.2. Maternal milk donation education.
9 (a) To ensure an adequate supply of pasteurized donor
10 human milk for premature infants in Illinois, a birth center
11 with obstetrical service beds shall provide information and
12 instructional materials to parents of each newborn, upon
13 discharge from the birth center, regarding the option to
14 voluntarily donate milk to non-profit milk banks that are
15 accredited by the Human Milk Banking Association of North
16 America or its successor organization. The materials shall be
17 provided free of charge and shall include general information
18 regarding non-profit milk banking practices and contact
19 information for area nonprofit milk banks that are accredited
20 by the Human Milk Banking Association of North America.
21 (b) The information and instructional materials described
22 in subsection (a) may be provided electronically.
23 (c) Nothing in this Section prohibits a birth center from
24 obtaining free and suitable information on voluntary milk
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1 donation from the Human Milk Banking Association of North
2 America, or its successor organization, or its accredited
3 members.
4 Section 15. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by
5 adding 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 with
10 licensed obstetric beds shall provide information and
11 instructional materials to parents of each newborn, upon
12 discharge from the hospital, regarding the option to
13 voluntarily donate milk to non-profit milk banks that are
14 accredited by the Human Milk Banking Association of North
15 America or its successor organization. The materials shall be
16 provided free of charge and shall include general information
17 regarding non-profit milk banking practices and contact
18 information for area nonprofit milk banks that are accredited
19 by the Human Milk Banking Association of North America.
20 (b) The information and instructional materials described
21 in subsection (a) may be provided electronically.
22 (c) Nothing in this Section prohibits a hospital from
23 obtaining free and suitable information on voluntary milk
24 donation from the Human Milk Banking Association of North
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1 America, or its successor organization, or its accredited
2 members.
3 Section 20. The Birth Center Licensing Act is amended by
4 adding Section 46 as follows:
5 (210 ILCS 170/46 new)
6 Sec. 46. Maternal milk donation education.
7 (a) To ensure an adequate supply of pasteurized donor
8 human milk for premature infants in Illinois, a birth center
9 with obstetrical service beds shall provide information and
10 instructional materials to parents of each newborn, upon
11 discharge from the birth center, regarding the option to
12 voluntarily donate milk to non-profit milk banks that are
13 accredited by the Human Milk Banking Association of North
14 America or its successor organization. The materials shall be
15 provided free of charge and shall include general information
16 regarding non-profit milk banking practices and contact
17 information for area nonprofit milk banks that are accredited
18 by the Human Milk Banking Association of North America.
19 (b) The information and instructional materials described
20 in subsection (a) may be provided electronically.
21 (c) Nothing in this Section prohibits a birth center from
22 obtaining free and suitable information on voluntary milk
23 donation from the Human Milk Banking Association of North
24 America, or its successor organization, or its accredited
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1 members.
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