Nationally credentialed professionals seeking integration into the healthcare system.
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IL-Certified Professional Midwives retweeted
Congratulations Illinois on getting the bill to license Certified Professional Midwives signed into law this week! #bigpush
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Certified Professional Midwives will be finally! recognized in Illinois! #twill @WCIA3
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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
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!
IL-Certified Professional Midwives retweeted
Tomorrow, we expect HB3401 to be heard again in the Senate Licensed Activities committee. We've worked for this, for more than 40 years. The time is NOW!!! #twill
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Individuals with low-risk pregnancies who plan a community-based birth- either at home or in a freestanding birth center can achieve better outcomes for themselves without compromising safety for their newborns. ow.ly/cfH250GoRV9
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What I find the most depressing about the maternal health discourse is the idea that some maternal deaths are inevitable. My aunt provided care in the MS Delta in the 70s/80s & never lost a patient. With supportive environments & anti racist healthcare, it can be done.
Between 1949-1981, Margaret Charles Smith delivered 1/3 of the babies born in Greene County, Alabama, more than 3500 in total without a single maternal loss. In 1996 she published her autobiography Listen to Me Good: The Life Story of an Alabama Midwife. #BlackMidwivesMatter
IL-Certified Professional Midwives retweeted
This week is #NMW2021 This year's theme is "Midwives for Every Community." Stay tuned for very special announcements from NAABB this week.
#MidwivesforEveryCommunity #NMW2021 #SupportNursesAndMidwives #BlackBirthmatters #blackmamasmatter #advancingblackbirth
IL-Certified Professional Midwives retweeted
What is the role of Medicaid stakeholders to advance midwifery-led models of care? IMI’s new roadmap identifies key individuals and institutions who serve as key drivers to lead change. medicaidinnovation.org/blog/…
IL-Certified Professional Midwives retweeted
The let’s talk about making care accessible at home: bringing the birth team to your home. We’ve expanded access to telehealth, let’s give people more options for Birth, too! #HB3401 @ILSenDems @ILSenateGOP #OverdueForMidwives #twill
IL-Certified Professional Midwives retweeted
The Illinois Senate is choosing to make Illinois consumers wait for licensed midwives. #HB3401 has a supermajority plus 4 as senate sponsors and yet it remains on 2nd reading. Where is the sense in this? #OverdueForMdiwves
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IL-Certified Professional Midwives retweeted
Juneteenth will be an official State holiday in Illinois, effective immediately! #Juneteenth #OurHistory – at Springfield, IL
IL-Certified Professional Midwives retweeted
Yes! We must invest in midwives!
“We owe [nurses and midwives] so much,” @DrTedros the @WHO Director General said yesterday. The pandemic has reminded us that “these are incredible people doing incredible jobs under incredible circumstances.” ow.ly/jONG50EYjOq
IL-Certified Professional Midwives retweeted
Still have many important votes to get through, but thankfully! 3 days of session. Call #HB3401 for a vote! #OverdueForMidwives #twill
IL-Certified Professional Midwives retweeted
No partisan bickering over here: #HB3401 has substantial bipartisan support. Illinois Senate, why not wrap up the weekend with a vote everyone will feel great about? #OverdueForMdiwves #twill
IL-Certified Professional Midwives retweeted
Now we are in the Senate, passed Senate committee unanimously, with many congratulations on our efforts on this bill. But, due to a single, non-healthcare OR consumer “stakeholder”, the senate seems to lack a willingness to complete this task which has such overwhelming support.
IL-Certified Professional Midwives retweeted
Since we’re back on second readings, now would be a GREAT time to call #HB3401 #OverdueForMidwives #twill Call the midwife(s) bill!
IL-Certified Professional Midwives retweeted
Hey #Illinois budget movers and shakers - remember about 9 years ago when we told you if you #licensemidwives, could save MILLIONS of dollars in #Medicaid expenses? Still true. #twill
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