Rep. Mary E. Flowers (D-31st) told reporters Sunday that hearings on "racial redlining" in the healthcare industry would be held on the city and state level this week.
The Chicago City Council has scheduled a hearing at 9 a.m., and Flowers will attend a similar hearing in Springfield Tuesday.
Flowers is pushing for legislation that would monitor reporting on capital investment, equipment and patient demographics as well as evaluate public health spending.
"This pending legislation, House Bill 2545, would explicitly prohibit unequal service in the minority community," she said.
Flowers, Phillip O'Bannon, president of the South Side NAACP; Byron Hobbs, president …
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