Requires certain information about the facility and what types of plans and procedures such facility has in place to be provided to prospective maternity patients.
Requires the advisory council on maternal mortality and morbidity to undertake a review of the cesarean births at hospitals in the state; requires two licensed midwives to be on the advisory council.
Enacts the "public university emergency contraception education act" requiring public universities to develop, produce and distribute informational materials related to emergency contraception.
Includes within the health care and wellness education and outreach program offered by the department of health resources for individuals who have suffered a pregnancy loss or infant loss.
Establishes a duty to inform maternity patients about the risks associated with cesarean section for patients undergoing a primary cesarean section; establishes a duty to inform maternity patients about the reason for performing a primary cesarean section delivery.