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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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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 1. Purpose. The purpose of this amendatory Act of |
| 5 | | the 102nd General Assembly is to decrease the administrative |
| 6 | | burden on behavioral and mental health providers throughout |
| 7 | | the State who spend time and resources to meet State and |
| 8 | | federal requirements to enroll members in services for which |
| 9 | | they are eligible, free up limited resources, and allow |
| 10 | | providers to focus on their members rather than duplicative |
| 11 | | and sometimes contradictory categories of information.
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| 12 | | Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental |
| 13 | | Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by adding Section |
| 14 | | 63.5 as follows:
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| 15 | | (20 ILCS 1705/63.5 new) |
| 16 | | Sec. 63.5. Data collection standardized format. |
| 17 | | (a) No later than January 1, 2023, the Department of Human |
| 18 | | Services and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services |
| 19 | | shall collaborate to develop a standardized format for: |
| 20 | | (1) collecting de-identified aggregate data from all |
| 21 | | member assessment tools; |
| 22 | | (2) collecting any other de-identified aggregate data |
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| 1 | | that behavioral health providers are required to submit to |
| 2 | | the State pertaining to the administration of mental |
| 3 | | health and behavioral health services, including, but not |
| 4 | | limited to, substance use disorder at the Department of |
| 5 | | Human Services or the Department of Healthcare and Family |
| 6 | | Services; and |
| 7 | | (3) registration for Value Options through Beacon |
| 8 | | Health Options's Provider Connect portal. |
| 9 | | (b) Development of the standardized format under |
| 10 | | subsection (a) shall be conducted in collaboration with: |
| 11 | | (1) behavioral and mental health providers throughout |
| 12 | | the State, including, but not limited to, community |
| 13 | | providers of treatment for substance use disorder; |
| 14 | | (2) stakeholders, including, but not limited to, |
| 15 | | organizations that serve individuals with serious mental |
| 16 | | illness, chronic disease, substance use disorder, or |
| 17 | | depression; and |
| 18 | | (3) entities with expertise in federal requirements |
| 19 | | and form development. |
| 20 | | (c) The Department of Human Services and the Department of |
| 21 | | Healthcare and Family Services must comply with the new |
| 22 | | standardized format within 6 months after its date of |
| 23 | | completion. |
| 24 | | (d) As used in this Section, "substance use disorder" has |
| 25 | | the meaning provided in Section 1-10 of the Substance Use |
| 26 | | Disorder Act.
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