The proposed moratorium, part of legislation to tackle racial inequities in healthcare, would be in effect until Dec. 31, 2023.
In addition to the moratorium, the bill would allocate $50 million to safety-net hospitals to preserve obstetric services and require implicit bias training for nurses when they renew their licenses.
The proposed bill comes as Mercy Hospital & Medical Center in Chicago moves to shut down despite a state board’s decision to prevent the closure and months of protests from physicians, healthcare advocates and community organizers who say that closing the hospital would create a healthcare desert on the city’s South Side.
Read more about the Mercy Hospital closure here.
Read the full bill proposed by Illinois lawmakers here.
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