Bill Text: IL HR0818 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges the Medicaid Advisory Committee to examine and make recommendations that will expand the network of Medicaid enrolled specialty providers for persons with autism.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-05-25 - Resolution Adopted [HR0818 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HR0818-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
2 | WHEREAS, Adults living with autism have historically | ||||||
3 | experienced difficulties accessing proper and responsive | ||||||
4 | medical care; and
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5 | WHEREAS, As medicine has improved in providing diagnoses | ||||||
6 | for people with autism, there has been an increasing number of | ||||||
7 | adults with autism who have health care provided through | ||||||
8 | Medicaid; and
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9 | WHEREAS, As children on the autism spectrum become | ||||||
10 | autistic adults, Medicaid is an important insurance provider | ||||||
11 | for an increasing number of autistic adults and can be a | ||||||
12 | valuable resource for understanding the health of the autistic | ||||||
13 | population; and
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14 | WHEREAS, It is critical to the health of people living | ||||||
15 | with autism and to policymakers to understand barriers to care | ||||||
16 | for adults with autism in the provision of Medicaid; and
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17 | WHEREAS, The Department of Healthcare and Family Services | ||||||
18 | (HFS) operates the Medicaid Advisory Committee (MAC) to advise | ||||||
19 | the department on policy and planning in the provision of | ||||||
20 | medical assistance; therefore, be it
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1 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
2 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
3 | the Medicaid Advisory Committee is urged to examine and make | ||||||
4 | recommendations that will expand the network of Medicaid | ||||||
5 | enrolled specialty providers for persons with autism and is | ||||||
6 | urged to assess the following, consulting with relevant | ||||||
7 | stakeholders with lived experience and provider experts: | ||||||
8 | (1) Strategies to improve access for adult Medicaid | ||||||
9 | customers experiencing autism to specialty providers, | ||||||
10 | including, but not limited to, dentists, | ||||||
11 | anesthesiologists, phlebotomists, and occupational | ||||||
12 | therapists; and | ||||||
13 | (2) Ways to improve provider services under the Adults | ||||||
14 | with Developmental Disabilities Waiver; and be it further
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15 | RESOLVED, That the Medicaid Advisory Committee is urged to | ||||||
16 | produce a strategic plan for improving access to health care | ||||||
17 | services for people with Autism by December 31, 2025 that will | ||||||
18 | include stakeholder input from the following: | ||||||
19 | (1) One representative of the Department of Healthcare | ||||||
20 | and Family Services; | ||||||
21 | (2) One representative of the Department of Human | ||||||
22 | Services; | ||||||
23 | (3) One representative of the Department of Insurance; | ||||||
24 | (4) One representative of the Children's Behavioral | ||||||
25 | Health Transformation Initiative; |
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1 | (5) One representative from the Illinois Council on | ||||||
2 | Developmental Disabilities; | ||||||
3 | (6) One representative of the Illinois State Board of | ||||||
4 | Education and/or an educator who specializes in working | ||||||
5 | with children with Autism; | ||||||
6 | (7) Two parent advocates of persons with disabilities; | ||||||
7 | (8) At least one representative of each of the | ||||||
8 | following provider groups: | ||||||
9 | (a) Dental care; | ||||||
10 | (b) Primary care; | ||||||
11 | (c) Behavioral Health; and | ||||||
12 | (d) Occupation, Speech, and Physical Therapy; | ||||||
13 | (9) At least four representatives of non-profit | ||||||
14 | entities representing people with disabilities, including | ||||||
15 | at least two representatives of rural areas and two | ||||||
16 | representatives of Cook and collar counties; | ||||||
17 | (10) One representative of an advocacy organization | ||||||
18 | focused on residents of Illinois SODCs, ICF-DDs; and | ||||||
19 | (11) One current employee of a Community Integrated | ||||||
20 | Living Arrangement; and be it further
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21 | RESOLVED, That the Medicaid Advisory Committee is urged to | ||||||
22 | submit progress reports to the Governor and Illinois General | ||||||
23 | Assembly by December 31 2024 and June 30, 2025 and a final | ||||||
24 | report and strategic plan with measurable objectives to the | ||||||
25 | Governor and General Assembly by December 31, 2025; and be it |
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