101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5602

 

Introduced , by Rep. Frances Ann Hurley

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 1705/63.5 new

    Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Requires the Department of Human Service and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to collaborate to develop a standardized format for specified data collection and registration no later than January 1, 2022. Provides that development of the standardized format shall be conducted in collaboration with behavioral and mental health providers throughout the State, specified stakeholders, and entities with expertise in federal requirements and form development. Provides that the Department of Human Service and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services must comply with the new standardized format within 6 months after its date of completion. Contains other provisions. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Purpose. The purpose of this amendatory Act of
5the 101st General Assembly is to decrease the administrative
6burden on behavioral and mental health providers throughout the
7State who spend time and resources to meet State and federal
8requirements to enroll members in services for which they are
9eligible, free up limited resources, and allow providers to
10focus on their members rather than duplicative and sometimes
11contradictory categories of information.
 
12    Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental
13Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by adding Section
1463.5 as follows:
 
15    (20 ILCS 1705/63.5 new)
16    Sec. 63.5. Data collection standardized format.
17    (a) No later than January 1, 2022, the Department of Human
18Service and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services
19shall collaborate to develop a standardized format for:
20        (1) collecting data from all member assessment tools;
21        (2) collecting any other data that behavioral health
22    providers are required to submit to the State pertaining to

 

 

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1    the administration of mental health and behavioral health
2    services, including, but not limited to, substance use
3    disorder at the Department of Human Service or the
4    Department of Healthcare and Family Services; and
5        (3) registration for Value Options through Beacon
6    Health Options's Provider Connect portal.
7    (b) Development of the standardized format under
8subsection (a) shall be conducted in collaboration with:
9        (1) behavioral and mental health providers throughout
10    the State, including, but not limited to, community
11    providers of treatment for substance use disorder;
12        (2) stakeholders, including, but not limited to,
13    organizations that serve individuals with serious mental
14    illness, chronic disease, substance use disorder, or
15    depression; and
16        (3) entities with expertise in federal requirements
17    and form development.
18    (c) The Department of Human Service and the Department of
19Healthcare and Family Services must comply with the new
20standardized format within 6 months after its date of
21completion.
 
22    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
23becoming law.