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1 | AN ACT concerning health.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation | ||||||
5 | Act of 2013 is amended by changing Section 1-101.6 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (210 ILCS 49/1-101.6)
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7 | Sec. 1-101.6. Mental health system planning. The General | ||||||
8 | Assembly finds the services contained in this Act are necessary | ||||||
9 | for the effective delivery of mental health services for the | ||||||
10 | citizens of the State of Illinois. | ||||||
11 | The General Assembly also finds that the mental health and | ||||||
12 | substance use system in the State requires further review to | ||||||
13 | develop additional needed services. | ||||||
14 | To ensure the adequacy of community-based services and to | ||||||
15 | offer choice to all individuals with serious mental illness and | ||||||
16 | substance use disorders or conditions who choose to live in the | ||||||
17 | community, and for whom the community is the appropriate | ||||||
18 | setting, but are at risk of institutional care, the Governor's | ||||||
19 | Office of Health Innovation and Transformation shall oversee a | ||||||
20 | process for (i) identifying needed services in the different | ||||||
21 | geographic regions in the State and (ii) identifying the | ||||||
22 | financing strategies for developing those needed services. | ||||||
23 | Governor shall convene a working group to develop the process |
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1 | and procedure for identifying needed services in the different | ||||||
2 | geographic regions of the State. | ||||||
3 | The process shall address or examine the need and financing | ||||||
4 | strategies for the following: | ||||||
5 | (1) Network adequacy in all 102 counties of the State | ||||||
6 | for: (i) health homes authorized under Section 2703 of the | ||||||
7 | federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; (ii) | ||||||
8 | systems of care for children; (iii) care coordination; and | ||||||
9 | (iv) access to a full continuum of quality care, treatment, | ||||||
10 | services, and supports for persons with serious emotional | ||||||
11 | disturbance, serious mental illness, or substance use | ||||||
12 | disorder. | ||||||
13 | (2) Workforce development for the workforce of | ||||||
14 | community providers of care, treatment, services, and | ||||||
15 | supports for persons with mental health and substance use | ||||||
16 | disorders and conditions. | ||||||
17 | (3) Information technology to manage the delivery of | ||||||
18 | integrated services for persons with mental health and | ||||||
19 | substance use disorders and medical conditions. | ||||||
20 | (4) The needed continuum of statewide community health | ||||||
21 | care, treatment, services, and supports for persons with | ||||||
22 | mental health and substance use disorders and conditions. | ||||||
23 | (5) Reducing health care disparities in access to a | ||||||
24 | continuum of care, care coordination, and engagement in | ||||||
25 | networks. | ||||||
26 | The Governor's Office of Health Innovation and |
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1 | Transformation shall include the Division of Alcoholism and | ||||||
2 | Substance Abuse and the Division of Mental Health in the | ||||||
3 | Department of Human Services, the Department of Healthcare and | ||||||
4 | Family Services, the Department of Public Health The Governor | ||||||
5 | shall include the Division of Mental Health of the Department | ||||||
6 | of Human Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family | ||||||
7 | Services, the Department of Public Health , community mental | ||||||
8 | health and substance use providers, statewide associations of | ||||||
9 | mental health and substance use providers, mental health and | ||||||
10 | substance use advocacy groups, and any other entity as deemed | ||||||
11 | appropriate for participation in the process of identifying | ||||||
12 | needed services and financing strategies as described in this | ||||||
13 | Section working group . | ||||||
14 | The Office of Health Innovation and Transformation shall | ||||||
15 | report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly | ||||||
16 | by July 1, 2015. | ||||||
17 | This Section is repealed on July 1, 2016. | ||||||
18 | The Department of Human Services shall provide staff and | ||||||
19 | support to this working group.
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20 | (Source: P.A. 98-104, eff. 7-22-13.)
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21 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
22 | becoming law. |