Bill Text: IL HB3502 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Persons Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Act's purpose.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-4)

Status: (Passed) 2017-08-18 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0184 [HB3502 Detail]

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AN ACT concerning health.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
Advisory Council on Early Identification and Treatment of
Mental Health Conditions Act.
Section 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds that:
(1) the medical science is clear that mental health
treatment works to improve mental health conditions and
manage symptoms but it can take, on average, 10 years for a
child or young adult with a significant condition to
receive the right diagnosis and treatment from the time the
first symptoms began, and nearly two-thirds of children and
adults never get treatment;
(2) long treatment lags can lead to debilitating
conditions and permanent disability;
(3) suicide, often due to untreated depression, is the
second leading cause of death in this State for children
and young adults ranging in age from 10 to 34;
(4) between 40% to 50% of heroin and other drug
addiction begins to self-medicate an underlying, untreated
mental health condition;
(5) important State reforms on improving access to

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mental health and substance use treatment are underway and
others are pending, but more needs to be done to address
this State's serious systemic challenges to early
identification and treatment of mental health conditions;
(6) the medical and mental health treatment
communities across this State are implementing many
evidence-based best practices on early screening,
identification and treatment of mental health conditions,
including co-located and integrated care, despite limited
resources and major access to care challenges across the
State; and
(7) establishing an Advisory Council on Early
Identification and Treatment of Mental Health Conditions
to:
(A) report and share information on evidence-based
best practices related to early identification and
treatment being implemented across this State and
other states;
(B) assist in advancing all providers to move
toward implementation of evidence-based best
practices, irrespective of payer such as Medicaid or
private insurance,
(C) identify the barriers to statewide
implementation of early identification and treatment
across all providers; and
(D) reduce the stigma of mental health conditions

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by treating them like any other medical condition will
outline the path to enabling thousands of children,
youth, and young adults in this State living with
mental health conditions, including those related to
trauma, to get the early diagnosis and treatment they
need to effectively manage their condition and avoid
potentially life-long debilitating symptoms.
Section 10. Advisory Council on Early Identification and
Treatment of Mental Health Conditions.
(a) There is created the Advisory Council on Early
Identification and Treatment of Mental Health Conditions
within the Department of Human Services. The Department of
Human Services shall provide administrative support for the
Advisory Council. The report, recommendations, and action plan
required by this Section shall reflect the consensus of a
majority of the Council.
(b) The Advisory Council shall:
(1) review and identify evidence-based best practice
models and promising practices supported by peer-reviewed
literature being implemented in this State and other states
on regular screening and early identification of mental
health and substance use conditions in children and young
adults, including depression, bi-polar disorder,
schizophrenia, and other similar conditions, beginning at
the age endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics,

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through young adulthood, irrespective of coverage by
public or private health insurance, resulting in early
treatment;
(2) identify evidence-based mental health prevention
and promotion initiatives;
(3) identify strategies to enable additional medical
providers and community-based providers to implement
evidence-based best practices on regular screening, and
early identification and treatment of mental health
conditions;
(4) identify barriers to the success of early
screening, identification and treatment of mental health
conditions across this State, including but not limited to,
treatment access challenges, specific mental health
workforce issues, regional challenges, training and
knowledge-base needs of providers, provider infrastructure
needs, reimbursement and payment issues, and public and
private insurance coverage issues;
(5) based on the findings in paragraphs (1) through (4)
of this subsection (b), develop a set of recommendations
and an action plan to address the barriers to early and
regular screening and identification of mental health
conditions in children, adolescents and young adults in
this State;
(6) complete and deliver the recommendations and
action plan required by paragraph (5) of this subsection

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(b) to the Governor and the General Assembly within one
year of the first meeting of the Advisory Council; and
(7) upon completion and delivery of the
recommendations and action plan to the Governor and General
Assembly, the Advisory Council shall be dissolved.
(c) The Advisory Council shall be composed of no more than
27 members and 3 ex officio members, including:
(1) Two members of the House of Representatives, one
appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives
and one appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of
Representatives.
(2) Two members of the Senate, one appointed by the
President of the Senate and one appointed by the Minority
Leader of the Senate.
(3) One representative of the Office of the Governor
appointed by the Governor.
(4) Twenty-two members of the public as follows;
however, provider representatives selected shall include a
balance of those delivering care to persons with private
health insurance and those serving underserved
populations:
(A) Four pediatricians recommended by a statewide
organization that represents pediatricians, one from
the Chicago area, one from suburban Chicago, one from
central Illinois, and one from downstate Illinois,
appointed by the Speaker of the House of

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Representatives.
(B) Four family primary care physicians
recommended by a statewide organization that
represents family physicians, one from the Chicago
area, one from suburban Chicago, one from central
Illinois, and one from downstate Illinois, appointed
by the President of the Senate.
(C) Two advanced practice nurses recommended by a
statewide organization that represents advanced
practice nurses, one from Chicago and one from central
or downstate Illinois, appointed by the Speaker of the
House of Representatives.
(D) Two psychiatrists, including one child
psychiatrist, recommended by a statewide organization
that represents psychiatrists, one from the Chicago
metropolitan region and one from central or downstate
Illinois, appointed by the President of the Senate.
(E) Two psychologists, including one child
psychologist, recommended by a statewide organization
that represents psychologists, one from the Chicago
metropolitan region and one from central or downstate
Illinois, appointed by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives.
(F) One representative from an organization that
advocates for families and youth with mental health
conditions who is a parent with a child living with a

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mental health condition, appointed by the President of
the Senate.
(G) Two community mental health service providers
recommended by a statewide organization that
represents community mental health providers, one from
the Chicago metropolitan region and one from central
Illinois or downstate Illinois, appointed by the
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(H) Two substance use treatment providers
recommended by a statewide organization that
represents substance use treatment providers, one from
the Chicago metropolitan region, one from central or
downstate Illinois, appointed by the President of the
Senate.
(I) One representative from an organization that
advocates for families and youth with mental health
conditions who is an individual with lived experience
of a mental health condition, appointed by the
President of the Senate.
(J) Two representatives from private insurance
companies, one appointed by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives and one appointed by the President of
the Senate.
(K) The following 3 officials shall serve as ex
officio members:
(i) the Director of Public Health, or his or

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her designee;
(ii) the Director of Healthcare and Family
Services, or his or her designee; and
(iii) the Director of the Division of Mental
Health within the Department of Human Services, or
his or her designee.
(d) Members shall serve without compensation and are
responsible for the cost of all reasonable and necessary travel
expenses connected to Advisory Council business. Advisory
Council members shall not be reimbursed by the State for these
costs. Advisory Council members shall be appointed within 60
days after the effective date of this Act. The Advisory Council
shall hold its initial meeting within 60 days after at least
50% of the members have been appointed. One representative from
the pediatricians or primary care physicians and one
representative from the mental health treatment community
shall be the co-chairs of the Advisory Council. At the first
meeting of the Advisory Council, the members shall select a 7
person Steering Committee that include the co-chairs. The
Advisory Council may establish committees that address
specific issues or populations and may appoint persons with
relevant expertise who are not appointed members of the
Advisory Council to serve on the committees as needed.