IL-Certified Professional Midwives

Nationally credentialed professionals seeking integration into the healthcare system.

[IL-Certified Professional Midwives @CPMsofIL]

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

[IL-Certified Professional Midwives @CPMsofIL]

Congratulations to the midwives in Illinois who today received the first ever issued licenses for Certified Professional Midwives.

#improvingbirth
#supporticcpm

[IL-Certified Professional Midwives @CPMsofIL]

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.

[IL-Certified Professional Midwives @CPMsofIL]

Thank you @senatorcastro!

[Senator Castro @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: https://t.co/qLaPqpLvqY

[IL-Certified Professional Midwives @CPMsofIL]

@HBC_Chicago SB3659 was independently analyzed by organizations involved in promoting midwifery integration in states nationwide. Consensus is, this bill is effective to create sustainable Medicaid access 👍

We r excited to get this option available as soon as possible for IL families!

[IL-Certified Professional Midwives @CPMsofIL]

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

[IL-Certified Professional Midwives @CPMsofIL]

@senatorellman @senatorfowler59 @SenatorSuzy @HarmonForSenate @SenHarrisIL @HastingsforIL @SenatorHolmes @Senator14 @LLCoolK_4 @SenatorMeg49 @robertmartwick @SenatorMorrison @SenPacioneZayas @JasonPlummerUSA @SenatorRezin @SenChapinRose @ElgieSims @SteveStadelman @WinStoller

[IL-Certified Professional Midwives @CPMsofIL]

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

[IL-Certified Professional Midwives @CPMsofIL]

@HBC_Chicago @NACPM @keishagoode8 @ADBPhD @pornoscholar @black_midwives @BlackWomensBP ICCPM has filed a bill that would add CPMs to the Medicaid provider list.

HBC has submitted a bill that allows HBC to advise on a Medicaid voucher program for Black families wanting homebirth services with a CPM.

These are complementary bills, not competition.

[IL-Certified Professional Midwives @CPMsofIL]

This is great! Our very own Becky Coolidge talks about our bill. https://t.co/ey3C3bUWlD

[IL-Certified Professional Midwives @CPMsofIL]

We are so appreciative of the work our Chief Sponsor Christiana Castro did to advocate for our bill. Thank you @senatorcastro !

https://t.co/Vh0KpR5LmU

[IL-Certified Professional Midwives @CPMsofIL]

CNMs have also had to fight for an expanded role in the health care system, but the legality of the care they provide has never been in question. It is the CPM credential that has recently concluded a 40 year fight for legality and should be celebrated.

[IL-Certified Professional Midwives @CPMsofIL]

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.

[IL-Certified Professional Midwives @CPMsofIL]

New law provides for licensure path of certified professional midwives in Illinois
https://t.co/rEVQJriSHR via @YahooNews

[IL-Certified Professional Midwives @CPMsofIL]

We are very proud to announce that Governor Pritzker signed HB3401 into law on Tuesday morning.

Midwives licensure bill signed into law https://t.co/uvVrw2PJBB

[Meghan Nowland, CPM, IBCLC @MeghanNowland]

Congratulations Illinois on getting the bill to license Certified Professional Midwives signed into law this week! #bigpush

[Illinois Friends of Midwives @IL4Midwives]

Certified Professional Midwives will be finally! recognized in Illinois! #twill @WCIA3
https://t.co/ztIM7EszC6

[Illinois Friends of Midwives @IL4Midwives]

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 @CPMsofIL]

😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️

[IL Senate Democrats @ILSenDems]

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.

[IL-Certified Professional Midwives @CPMsofIL]

We did it.