Nationally credentialed professionals seeking integration into the healthcare system.
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SB3659 allows for Medicaid coverage of midwives.
Did you support our licensure bill? Thank you!
This is the next step.
Please co-sponsor SB3659 today!
@SenatorAquino @senatorbelt @SenBennett_52 @SenTerriBryant1 @Sen_JohnConnor @senatorcrowe @SenCunningham @SenJohnCurran
Congratulations to the midwives in Illinois who today received the first ever issued licenses for Certified Professional Midwives.
#improvingbirth
#supporticcpm
It's been a big week for CPMs in Illinois!
Congrats to Holistic Birth Collective for passing HB5013, which allows CPMs to be primary birth attendant in birth centers
Additionally language in Medical Ominous bill HB4343 further opens the door for CPMs to be Medicaid providers.
Thank you @senatorcastro!
Last year, we passed a law to officially license and certify midwives in Illinois. Access to these services needed to be as equitable as possible, and expanding Medicaid coverage will create more options to mothers who need it most.
Read more: senatorcristinacastro.com/ne…
A positive birth experience leads to more confidence in parenting, less postpartum depression and higher breastfeeding rates. The ripple effect on our communities is enormous. This is even more true for the most vulnerable. This is why we need #MedicaidforMidwives in IL.
#SB3659
This is great! Our very own Becky Coolidge talks about our bill. wbez.org/stories/governor-pr…
We are so appreciative of the work our Chief Sponsor Christiana Castro did to advocate for our bill. Thank you @senatorcastro !
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Unfortunately, some media outlets have missed the distinction between CNMs and CPMs and erroneously reached out to CNMs, who absolutely provide valuable birthing care, though more often in a traditional hospital setting.
New law provides for licensure path of certified professional midwives in Illinois
news.yahoo.com/law-provides-… via @YahooNews
We are very proud to announce that Governor Pritzker signed HB3401 into law on Tuesday morning.
Midwives licensure bill signed into law wcia.com/news/midwife-indust…
IL-Certified Professional Midwives retweeted
Congratulations Illinois on getting the bill to license Certified Professional Midwives signed into law this week! #bigpush
IL-Certified Professional Midwives retweeted
Certified Professional Midwives will be finally! recognized in Illinois! #twill @WCIA3
wcia.com/news/midwife-indust…
IL-Certified Professional Midwives retweeted
Today, #HB3401 passed the senate, with a 56-1 vote. THANK YOU to chief sponsor @senatorcastro for carrying us over the finish line! Thank you to ALL our sponsoring senators. This bill is decades in the making! #twill
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Next up: HB3401 from @senatorcastro on licensing for midwives. Long in the works in the General Assembly and after much negotiation between numerous stakeholders, HB3401 has finally passed.
We are watching the senate floor now, our bill is next up!
ilga.gov/senateaudvid.asp?fb…
IL-Certified Professional Midwives retweeted
#HB3401 just passed out of the Senate Licensed Activities committee as an agreed bill, with no opposition! We're heading to the senate floor! #twill the time is NOW to #licensedmidwives!