Licensure of Direct Entry Midwives

House Bill 226 (Rep. Julie Hamos (D-Evanston)) would have allowed under-trained, unsupervised direct entry midwives to deliver babies, at great risk to mothers and infants.  ISMS aggressively lobbied to defeat the measure.  On 3/3/2009 ISMS defeated the bill 4-8-0 in the Health Care Availability and Access Committee and the bill failed to advance.

ISMS Position Paper
ISMS Grassroots Alert
Committee Roll Call
Current Bill Status