SB1623sam001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Heather A. Steans

Filed: 3/11/2011

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1623

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1623 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by adding Section 73 as follows:

(20 ILCS 1705/73 new)

Sec. 73. Department rules; Outcome Monitoring Pilot Program.

(a) Oversight. The Department shall draft and promulgate a new rule governing community residential mental health services for individuals with serious mental illness. "Community residential mental health services" are those services provided in a Department funded community-based residential setting designed to allow the individual to live in a safe, appropriate, and therapeutic environment conducive to preparing them to move to the most integrated setting appropriate to afford them the opportunity to live similarly to individuals without serious mental illness. This new rule shall be submitted for promulgation no later than January 1, 2012. This new rule shall be drafted in such a manner as to continue eligibility of the individuals in programs governed by Title 59, Part 132 of the Illinois Administrative Code. The new rule to be submitted by the Department must include, but not be limited to, standards for:

(1) Environmental management of living arrangements.

(2) Administrative requirements.

(3) Monitoring and review.

(4) Certification requirements.

(b) Life Safety Standards. The Department shall draft and promulgate rules stipulating life safety standards for all community residential mental health services by January 1, 2012. These rules shall prohibit an individual seeking community residential mental health services from being placed in any facility that is known to have life safety violations.

(c) Supportive Housing. The Department shall draft rules specifically designed for supportive housing facilities that receive funds from the Department for this purpose. The administrative rules shall be prepared and promulgated by the Department by January 1, 2012. The rules governing supportive housing shall also include standards for, but not limited to, the following:

(1) Environmental management of living arrangements.

(2) Administrative requirements.

(3) Monitoring and review.

(4) Certification requirements.

(5) Life safety standards.

(d) Dispensing Public Information. The Department shall make any and all surveys conducted on the outcomes and perceptions of the State's mental health delivery system available to the public on the Department's website. These surveys shall be posted beginning January 1, 2012 and shall be listed under a link entitled "publications" within the Division of Mental Health's portion of the Department's website.

(e) Outcome Monitoring Pilot Program. The Department, in conjunction with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, shall create a pilot program in which the Department shall identify a sample of client population residing in Cook County and served by agencies covered under this Act. The sample size shall be sufficient to be generally relevant to the population. The sample may be stratified to achieve a sufficient representation. Included in the sample size shall be a sufficient number of participants who are receiving community residential mental health services for the first time. The Department shall follow and track any and all services provided to these individuals, including, but not limited to:

(1) The type of residential setting in which the individual is living.

(2) Any type of inpatient or outpatient services the individual may be receiving.

(3) Any type of State-subsidized supports the individual may be receiving.

Upon identifying the sample participants in this informative project, the Department will document the residential and community services each individual receives at the beginning of this project and will continue to record any changes to these services over the course of the year. For those who are receiving community residential mental health services for the first time, a projected cost of service shall be established when the participant enters the study. The tracking of changes will include any change in housing or residential services, any change in community supports received, and any changes to medical care received over the course of a year. The Department shall also track the cost of the various services received by each individual in the program including residential costs, community supports, counseling, and medical costs.

The Department shall compile the data collected under this pilot program and submit a report to the General Assembly no later than October 1, 2013. This report shall include individual costs by participant without identifying any participant by name. The report shall also identify the services received by each individual during the course of the yearlong study. The Report shall identify what percentages of different services are received by the population that participates in this study.

Nothing in this subsection (e) shall be construed to infringe upon the privacy rights of those encompassed by the project and the Department is prohibited from identifying those who were documented in the course of this project.

Nothing in this subsection (e) shall be construed to compel any individual from participating in this project. Any individual may request not to be included in this project.

This pilot program shall commence no later than July 1, 2012.

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