Sen. Heather A. Steans
Filed: 9/10/2015
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 457 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 457 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:


 
 
4    "Section 5. The Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation 
5Act of 2013 is amended  by changing Section 1-101.6 as follows:
 
6    (210 ILCS 49/1-101.6)

7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2016)
8    Sec. 1-101.6. Mental health system planning; services for 
9individuals with co-occurring mental illness and substance use 
10conditions or disorders.   The General Assembly finds the 
11services contained in this Act are necessary for the effective 
12delivery of mental health and substance use services for the 
13citizens of the State of Illinois.  
14    The General Assembly also finds that the mental health and 
15substance use system in the State requires further review and 
16actions to develop additional needed services.
 
 
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1      To ensure the adequacy of community-based services and to 
2offer choice to all individuals with serious mental illness or 
3co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders or 
4conditions who choose to live in the  community, and for whom 
5the community is the appropriate setting, including those but 
6are at risk of institutional care, the Office of the Governor 
7Governor's Office of Health Innovation and Transformation 
8shall oversee a process for (i)  identifying needed services in 
9the different geographic regions in the State and (ii)  
10identifying the financing strategies for developing those 
11needed services.   
12    The process shall address or examine the need and financing 
13strategies for the following:
14        (1) Network adequacy in all 102 counties of the State 
15    for: (i) health homes authorized under Section 2703 of the 
16    federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; (ii) 
17    systems of care for children; (iii) care coordination; (iv) 
18    trauma-informed care; and (v) (iv) access to a full 
19    continuum of quality care, treatment, services, and 
20    supports for persons with serious emotional disturbance, 
21    serious mental illness, or substance use disorder.
22        (2) Workforce development for the workforce of 
23    community providers of care, treatment, services, and 
24    supports for persons with mental health and substance use 
25    disorders and conditions.
26        (3) Information technology to manage the delivery of  
 
 
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1    integrated services for persons with mental health and 
2    substance use disorders and medical conditions.
3        (4) The needed continuum of statewide community health 
4    care, treatment, services, and supports for persons with 
5    mental health and substance use disorders and conditions.
6        (5) Reducing health care disparities in access to a 
7    continuum of care, care coordination, and engagement in 
8    networks.
9    The Office of the Governor Governor's Office of Health 
10Innovation and Transformation shall include the Division of 
11Alcoholism and Substance Abuse and the Division of Mental 
12Health in the Department of Human Services, the Department of 
13Healthcare and Family Services, the Department of Public 
14Health, community mental health and substance use providers, 
15statewide associations of mental health and substance use 
16providers, mental health and substance use advocacy groups, and 
17any other entity as deemed appropriate for participation in the 
18process of identifying needed services and financing 
19strategies as described in this Section.   
20    The Office of the Governor Health Innovation and 
21Transformation shall report its findings and recommendations 
22to the General Assembly by May 31, 2016 July 1, 2015.
23    This Section is repealed on July 1, 2016. 

24    Before September 1, 2014, the State shall develop and 
25implement a service authorization system available 24 hours a 
26day, 7 days a week for approval of services in the following 3 
 
 
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1levels of care under this Act:  crisis stabilization; recovery 
2and rehabilitation supports; and transitional living units. 
3(Source: P.A. 98-104, eff. 7-22-13; 98-651, eff. 6-16-14; 
498-878, eff. 8-11-14; revised 10-2-14.)
 
 
5    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
6becoming law.".