Bill Text: IL HB5304 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall develop a plan for implementing 14 specified actions (relating primarily to activities of the Division of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse and the Division of Mental Health), including necessary legislative action and rule changes, so that all 14 actions can be implemented by January 1, 2013. Requires that the implementation plan include recommendations for necessary legislative action and changes in rules. Requires the Department to file the plan with the Governor and the General Assembly by January 1, 2012. Effective immediately.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-04-23 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [HB5304 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB5304-Engrossed.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Department of Human Services Act is amended | ||||||
| 5 | by adding Section 1-40 as follows:
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| 6 | (20 ILCS 1305/1-40 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 1-40. Alcoholism and Substance Abuse; Mental Health; | ||||||
| 8 | implementation plan. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) In this Section: | ||||||
| 10 | "DASA" means the Division of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse | ||||||
| 11 | within the Department. | ||||||
| 12 | "DMH" means the Division of Mental Health within the | ||||||
| 13 | Department. | ||||||
| 14 | (b) The Department shall develop a plan by July 1, 2011, | ||||||
| 15 | for implementing the following actions. All of the following | ||||||
| 16 | actions shall be implemented by January 1, 2012: | ||||||
| 17 | (1) Adoption by DASA of DMH's practice of licensing an | ||||||
| 18 | agency for outpatient level I and level II.1 services | ||||||
| 19 | rather than licensing each service location. | ||||||
| 20 | (2) Allowance and promotion by DASA of the ability to | ||||||
| 21 | provide all outpatient level I and level II.1 clinical | ||||||
| 22 | services in
the least restrictive community setting | ||||||
| 23 | available rather than at individually licensed facilities. | ||||||
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| 1 | (3) Use of either American Society of Addiction | ||||||
| 2 | Medicine (ASAM) Patient Placement Criteria or the Level of | ||||||
| 3 | Care Utilization System (LOCUS), which is a single | ||||||
| 4 | level-of-care placement tool for both mental health
and | ||||||
| 5 | substance abuse services and was
designed for both | ||||||
| 6 | substance abuse and mental health
services. | ||||||
| 7 | (4) Except in the case of Assertive Community Treatment | ||||||
| 8 | (ACT), elimination of the requirement that all mental | ||||||
| 9 | health clients be re-registered and that the services
they | ||||||
| 10 | receive be re-authorized every 6 months if they have a | ||||||
| 11 | diagnosis of
serious mental illness. | ||||||
| 12 | (5) Posting on a website of a summary of the weekly DMH | ||||||
| 13 | Collaborative phone calls. | ||||||
| 14 | (6) Development by DASA and DMH of uniform staff | ||||||
| 15 | definitions and credential
requirements for the delivery | ||||||
| 16 | and billing of services. | ||||||
| 17 | (7) Elimination of the requirement for client | ||||||
| 18 | signatures on treatment plans, to be replaced by | ||||||
| 19 | documentation in the assessments and treatment plans that | ||||||
| 20 | reflects the
client's participation in setting his or her | ||||||
| 21 | goals. | ||||||
| 22 | (8) For authorized Medicaid services to enrolled | ||||||
| 23 | individuals, DASA and DMH providers shall receive payment | ||||||
| 24 | for all such authorized services, with payment occurring no | ||||||
| 25 | later than in the next fiscal year. | ||||||
| 26 | (9) Use of post-payment audits only to review whether | ||||||
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| 1 | the services billed were
properly documented in the client | ||||||
| 2 | record, with elimination of the practice of using such | ||||||
| 3 | audits to review individual
records to determine whether | ||||||
| 4 | all licensing requirements were met for individual
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| 5 | clients, in recognition that organizations are already | ||||||
| 6 | licensed and this process is redundant and
extremely time | ||||||
| 7 | consuming. | ||||||
| 8 | (10) Maximization by the Department of "deemed" status | ||||||
| 9 | for organizations that are accredited by
the Joint | ||||||
| 10 | Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations or | ||||||
| 11 | the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation | ||||||
| 12 | Facilities and elimination of redundant reviews of the
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| 13 | standards. | ||||||
| 14 | (11) Combination or consolidation of separate | ||||||
| 15 | administrative licensing functions. | ||||||
| 16 | (12) Elimination of the Division of Mental Health | ||||||
| 17 | regional offices to save significant State administrative
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| 18 | costs that shall be used for needed community mental health | ||||||
| 19 | services. | ||||||
| 20 | The plan shall include recommendations for necessary | ||||||
| 21 | legislative action and changes in rules. | ||||||
| 22 | (c) The Department shall file the plan with the Governor | ||||||
| 23 | and the General Assembly by July 1, 2011.
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| 24 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 25 | becoming law.
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