Rep. Lou Lang
Filed: 3/10/2011
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1530
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1530 as follows: | ||||||
| 3 | on page 11, line 8, by replacing "individual" with "licensed or | ||||||
| 4 | certified professional at a program"; and
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| 5 | on page 11, line 9, immediately after "Drug", by inserting | ||||||
| 6 | "Abuse and"; and
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| 7 | on page 11, line 15, by replacing "individual" with "licensed | ||||||
| 8 | or certified professional at a program"; and
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| 9 | on page 11, line 16, immediately after "Drug", by inserting | ||||||
| 10 | "Abuse and"; and
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| 11 | on page 11, line 22, by replacing "individual" with "licensed | ||||||
| 12 | or certified professional at a program"; and
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| 1 | on page 11, line 23, immediately after "Drug", by inserting | ||||||
| 2 | "Abuse and"; and
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| 3 | on page 12, line 2, by replacing "and licensed" with "and | ||||||
| 4 | licensed"; and
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| 5 | on page 12, line 2, immediately after "therapists,", by | ||||||
| 6 | inserting "licensed speech therapists, and other licensed or | ||||||
| 7 | certified professionals at programs licensed pursuant to the | ||||||
| 8 | Illinois Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act,"; | ||||||
| 9 | and
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| 10 | on page 12, line 5, by replacing "or" with "or"; and
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| 11 | on page 12, line 6, by replacing "therapist" with "therapist, | ||||||
| 12 | licensed speech therapist, or other licensed or certified | ||||||
| 13 | professional at a program licensed pursuant to the Illinois | ||||||
| 14 | Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act"; and
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| 15 | on page 12, line 9, by replacing "or" with "or"; and
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| 16 | on page 12, line 10, by replacing "therapist" with "therapist, | ||||||
| 17 | licensed speech therapist, or other licensed or certified | ||||||
| 18 | professional at a program licensed pursuant to the Illinois | ||||||
| 19 | Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act"; and
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| 1 | on page 12, line 15, by replacing "or" with "or"; and
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| 2 | on page 12, line 16, by replacing "therapist" with "therapist, | ||||||
| 3 | licensed speech therapist, or other licensed or certified | ||||||
| 4 | professional at a program licensed pursuant to the Illinois | ||||||
| 5 | Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act"; and
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| 6 | on page 12, line 20, immediately after "renewed", by inserting | ||||||
| 7 | "on or"; and
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| 8 | on page 12, line 22, by replacing "consistent" with "and | ||||||
| 9 | substance use disorders consistent"; and
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| 10 | on page 13, line 25, by replacing "and" with "and"; and
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| 11 | on page 13, line 26, by replacing "nervosa; and ." with | ||||||
| 12 | "nervosa."; and
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| 13 | on page 14, by replacing lines 1 through 3 with the following: | ||||||
| 14 | "(2.5) "Substance use disorder" means the following mental | ||||||
| 15 | disorders as defined in the most current edition of the | ||||||
| 16 | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) published by the | ||||||
| 17 | American Psychiatric Association: | ||||||
| 18 | (A) substance abuse disorders; | ||||||
| 19 | (B) substance dependence disorders; and | ||||||
| 20 | (C) substance induced disorders. | ||||||
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| 1 | (3) Unless otherwise prohibited by federal law and | ||||||
| 2 | consistent with the parity requirements of Section"; and
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| 3 | on page 14, line 5, immediately after "illness", by inserting | ||||||
| 4 | "or substance use disorder"; and
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| 5 | on page 14, line 25, by replacing "illness," with "illness or | ||||||
| 6 | substance use disorder,"; and
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| 7 | on page 15, line 2, immediately after the period, by inserting | ||||||
| 8 | "Medical necessity determinations for substance use disorders | ||||||
| 9 | shall be made in accordance with appropriate patient placement | ||||||
| 10 | criteria established by the American Society of Addiction | ||||||
| 11 | Medicine."; and
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| 12 | on page 15, line 7, after "illness", by inserting "and | ||||||
| 13 | substance use disorders"; and
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| 14 | on page 16, line 22, by replacing "Department" with "Department | ||||||
| 15 | of Public Health or the Department"; and
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| 16 | on page 21, by replacing line 14 with the following: | ||||||
| 17 | "categories. | ||||||
| 18 | (d) This Section shall be interpreted in a manner | ||||||
| 19 | consistent with the interim final regulations promulgated by | ||||||
| 20 | the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services at 75 FR 5410, | ||||||
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| 1 | including the prohibition against applying a cumulative | ||||||
| 2 | financial requirement or cumulative quantitative treatment | ||||||
| 3 | limitation for mental, emotional, nervous, or substance use | ||||||
| 4 | disorder benefits that accumulates separately from any | ||||||
| 5 | cumulative financial requirement or cumulative quantitative | ||||||
| 6 | treatment limitation established for hospital and medical | ||||||
| 7 | benefits in the same classification. | ||||||
| 8 | (e) The provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of this | ||||||
| 9 | Section shall not be interpreted to allow the use of lifetime | ||||||
| 10 | or annual limits otherwise prohibited by State or federal | ||||||
| 11 | law."; and
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| 12 | on page 21, line 15, by replacing "(d)" with "(f)".
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