Bill Text: IL HR0607 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requests Mental Health Committee formulate a plan to help improve parity and remove barriers to mental health and addiction coverage by the end of the 100th General Assembly.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-11-08 - Resolution Adopted [HR0607 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0607-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Most health plans are required by Illinois and | ||||||
| 3 | federal law to cover mental health and addiction treatment on | ||||||
| 4 | par with other types of medical conditions; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Evidence indicates many patients have difficulty | ||||||
| 6 | getting mental health and addiction treatment covered; | ||||||
| 7 | although insurers have begun to change some of their practices | ||||||
| 8 | to improve parity, the best ways of analyzing the problems and | ||||||
| 9 | the effectiveness of possible solutions involve tracking | ||||||
| 10 | information that is not available in Illinois; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Uncovering the barriers impeding access to mental | ||||||
| 12 | health and addiction coverage in Illinois will not only improve | ||||||
| 13 | the lives of people living with mental health and addiction | ||||||
| 14 | challenges, but will also offer cost reductions for health | ||||||
| 15 | plans and society at large; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, The experience of other states indicates that a | ||||||
| 17 | regular review of plan data with respect to how health plans | ||||||
| 18 | design and apply their medical management protocols for mental | ||||||
| 19 | health and addiction coverage compared to how they design and | ||||||
| 20 | apply those same protocols for medical and surgical coverage | ||||||
| 21 | offers the clearest picture of possible barriers; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, The citizens of Illinois deserve equal access to | ||||||
| 2 | healthcare for all medical conditions including mental health | ||||||
| 3 | and addiction treatment; therefore, be it
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| 4 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 5 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the | ||||||
| 6 | Mental Health Committee of the House of Representatives should | ||||||
| 7 | formulate a plan to help improve parity and remove barriers to | ||||||
| 8 | mental health and addiction coverage by the end of the 100th | ||||||
| 9 | General Assembly.
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