Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
Filed: 5/4/2011
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1234 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1234 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

4    "Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental 
5Disabilities Confidentiality Act is amended  by adding Section 
69.4 as follows:
 
7    (740 ILCS 110/9.4 new)
8    Sec. 9.4. Disclosure for treatment and coordination of 
9care.
10    (a) For recipients in a program administered or operated by 
11the Department of Healthcare and Family Services or the 
12Department of Human Services (as successor to the Department of 
13Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities), records of a 
14recipient may be disclosed without consent  by county jails, 
15insurance companies,  integrated health systems, and  State 
16agencies, including the Department of Corrections, the 
17Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of 
 
 
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1Healthcare and Family Services and the Department of Human 
2Services, to hospitals, physicians, therapists, emergency 
3medical personnel, and members of an interdisciplinary team 
4treating a recipient for the purposes of treatment and 
5coordination of care.
6    (b) An interdisciplinary team treating a recipient may 
7disclose the recipient's records without the recipient's 
8consent to other members of the team.
9    (c) The records that may be disclosed under this Section 
10are services rendered, providers rendering the services, 
11pharmaceuticals prescribed or dispensed, and diagnoses. All 
12disclosures under this Section must be made in a manner 
13consistent with existing federal and State laws and 
14regulations, including the federal Health Insurance 
15Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
16    (d)  For the purpose of this Section only: 
17        "Integrated health system" means an organization with 
18    a system of care which incorporates physical and behavioral 
19    healthcare and includes care delivered in an inpatient and 
20    outpatient setting.
21        "Interdisciplinary team" means a group of persons, 
22    representing different clinical disciplines (medicine, 
23    nursing, social work, psychology, etc.) providing and 
24    coordinating the care and treatment for a person with 
25    mental illness.  The group may be composed of individuals 
26    employed by one provider or multiple providers. 
 

 
 
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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
2becoming law.".