98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB2586

 

Introduced 5/29/2013, by Sen. Heather A. Steans

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
405 ILCS 5/6-104.3

    If and only if Senate Bill 26 of the 98th General Assembly becomes law, amends: the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013 by making various changes concerning the composition and duties of and support to the working group created by the Act; and the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code by providing that the creation of comparable programs for the services contained in the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013 for community-based providers by the Division of Mental Health of the Department of Human Services shall be in concert with the Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse of the Department of Human Services and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning health.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. If and only if Senate Bill 26 of the 98th
5General Assembly becomes law, then the Specialized Mental
6Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013 is amended by changing
7Section 1-101.6 as follows:
 
8    (09800SB0026ham001, Sec. 1-101.6)
9    Sec. 1-101.6. Mental health system planning. The General
10Assembly finds that the behavioral health care system of mental
11and substance use disorder treatment, care, and service in the
12State requires the development of additional needed community
13treatment, care, and services within a Statewide Rebalancing
14Plan.
15    To ensure the adequacy of community-based services and to
16offer choice and recovery to all individuals with serious
17mental and substance use disorders who choose to live in the
18community, and for whom the community is the appropriate
19setting, the Governor shall convene a working group to develop
20the process and procedure for identifying the needed continuum
21of statewide behavioral health and recovery care, treatment,
22and services in the different geographic regions of the State
23within a Statewide Rebalancing Plan, and the working group

 

 

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1shall identify the necessary financing so that a Statewide
2Rebalancing Plan with clear timelines and accountability is
3established.
4    The Governor shall include the Department of Human
5Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the
6Department of Public Health, community mental and substance use
7disorder providers, statewide associations of mental and
8substance use disorder providers and law enforcement, mental
9and substance use disorder advocacy groups, and any other
10entity as deemed appropriate for participation in the working
11group.
12    The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall
13provide staff and support to this working group.
14The General Assembly finds the services contained in this Act
15are necessary for the effective delivery of mental health
16services for the citizens of the State of Illinois. The General
17Assembly also finds that the mental health system in the State
18requires further review to develop additional needed services.
19To ensure the adequacy of community-based services and to offer
20choice to all individuals with serious mental illness who
21choose to live in the community, and for whom the community is
22the appropriate setting, but are at risk of institutional care,
23the Governor shall convene a working group to develop the
24process and procedure for identifying needed services in the
25different geographic regions of the State. The Governor shall
26include the Division of Mental Health of the Department of

 

 

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1Human Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family
2Services, the Department of Public Health, community mental
3health providers, statewide associations of mental health
4providers, mental health advocacy groups, and any other entity
5as deemed appropriate for participation in the working group.
6The Department of Human Services shall provide staff and
7support to this working group.
8(Source: 09800SB0026ham001.)
 
9    Section 10. If and only if Senate Bill 26 of the 98th
10General Assembly becomes law, then the Mental Health and
11Developmental Disabilities Code is amended by changing Section
126-104.3 as follows:
 
13    (405 ILCS 5/6-104.3)
14    Sec. 6-104.3. Comparable programs for the services
15contained in the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act
16of 2013. The Division of Mental Health of the Department of
17Human Services shall oversee the creation of comparable
18programs in concert with the Division of Alcohol and Substance
19Abuse of the Department of Human Services and the Department of
20Healthcare and Family Services for the services contained in
21the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013 for
22community-based providers to provide the following services:
23        (1) triage center;
24        (2) crisis stabilization; and

 

 

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1        (3) transitional living.
2    These comparable programs shall operate under the
3regulations that may currently exist for such programs, or, if
4no such regulations are in existence, regulations shall be
5created. The comparable programs shall be provided through a
6managed care entity, a coordinated care entity, or an
7accountable care entity. The Department shall work in concert
8with any managed care entity, care coordination entity, or
9accountable care entity to gather the data necessary to report
10and monitor the progress of the services offered under this
11Section. The services to be provided under this Section shall
12be subject to a specific appropriation of the General Assembly
13for the specific purposes of this Section.
14    The Department shall adopt any emergency rules necessary to
15implement this Section.
16(Source: 09800SB0026ham001; 09800SB0026ham003.)
 
17    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18becoming law.