Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner signed legislation Aug. 17 to improve care for patients who have been sexually assaulted, according to the Chicago Tribune.
The new law will require hospitals to train enough nurses to ensure sexual assault victims coming to the emergency room will receive treatment from a trained provider within 90 minutes.
In early March 2018, a separate Chicago Tribune report found only 32 nurses of the more than 196,000 registered in Illinois are certified to work with adult patients who've experienced a sexual assault.
Hospitals have until January 2022 to comply with the new law.