Bill Text: IL HR0067 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges the State and federal government to allow LPCs and LSWs to bill Medicare/Medicaid.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-07-18 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HR0067 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HR0067-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Currently, the State of Illinois and the federal | ||||||
| 3 | government do not allow licensed professional counselors | ||||||
| 4 | (LPCs) and licensed social workers (LSWs) to bill | ||||||
| 5 | Medicare/Medicaid; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, LPCs and LSWs are not fully licensed clinicians | ||||||
| 7 | but are working towards being fully licensed; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, LPCs and LSWs are required to meet for | ||||||
| 9 | supervision/consultation with a licensed clinical professional | ||||||
| 10 | counselor (LCPC) or a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) | ||||||
| 11 | for a minimum of one hour per week; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, After criteria for full licensure has been met, | ||||||
| 13 | including meeting direct client/patient clinical hours, | ||||||
| 14 | supervision, and the successful completion of the state and | ||||||
| 15 | national exams, LPCs become LCPCs, LSWs become LCSWS, and | ||||||
| 16 | billing for Medicaid/Medicare becomes a privilege; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, The lengthy process to full licensure deters | ||||||
| 18 | access to quality mental health services to many vulnerable | ||||||
| 19 | and marginalized populations; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, This process limits and complicates staffing for | ||||||
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| 1 | agencies already experiencing shortages of mental health | ||||||
| 2 | professionals; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, LPCs and LSWs are qualified to provide counseling | ||||||
| 4 | services and should be allowed to bill Medicare/Medicaid for | ||||||
| 5 | their work along with the consideration they are still being | ||||||
| 6 | properly supervised by a fully licensed provider; therefore, | ||||||
| 7 | be it
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| 8 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 9 | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 10 | we urge our fellow Illinois lawmakers and the federal | ||||||
| 11 | government to allow LPCs and LSWs to bill Medicare/Medicaid; | ||||||
| 12 | and be it further
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| 13 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 14 | delivered to the President of the United States, the Vice | ||||||
| 15 | President of the United States, the entire Illinois | ||||||
| 16 | Congressional Delegation, Governor JB Pritzker, and all | ||||||
| 17 | members of the Illinois General Assembly.
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