Sen. Heather A. Steans
Filed: 2/4/2014
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2586
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2586 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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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 |
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1 | community, and for whom the community is the appropriate | ||||||
2 | setting, but are at risk of institutional care, the Governor | ||||||
3 | shall convene a working group to develop (i) the process and | ||||||
4 | procedure for identifying needed services in the different | ||||||
5 | geographic regions of the State and (ii) the financing | ||||||
6 | strategies for developing those needed services . | ||||||
7 | Objectives of the financing strategies shall be for those | ||||||
8 | strategies to support the following: | ||||||
9 | (1) Network adequacy in all 102 counties of the State | ||||||
10 | for (i) health homes authorized under Section 2703 of the | ||||||
11 | federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and (ii) | ||||||
12 | children Systems of Care. | ||||||
13 | (2) Workforce development for the workforce of | ||||||
14 | community providers of mental health and substance use | ||||||
15 | disorder and conditions care, treatment, services, and | ||||||
16 | supports. | ||||||
17 | (3) Information technology to manage and deliver | ||||||
18 | integrated community mental health and substance use | ||||||
19 | disorder and conditions care, treatment, services, and | ||||||
20 | supports with integrated service delivery. | ||||||
21 | (4) The needed continuum of statewide community health | ||||||
22 | and recovery care, treatment, services, and supports for | ||||||
23 | mental health and substance use disorder and conditions. | ||||||
24 | (5) Consumer choice, rights, and protections. | ||||||
25 | (6) Network adequacy and access to care, care | ||||||
26 | coordination, and engagement in networks that include a |
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1 | continuum of quality care, treatment, services, and | ||||||
2 | supports for people with serious emotional disturbances, | ||||||
3 | serious mental illness, or substance use disorders. | ||||||
4 | (7) Reducing health care disparities in access to a | ||||||
5 | continuum of care, care coordination, and engagement in | ||||||
6 | networks. | ||||||
7 | The Governor shall include the Division of Mental Health of | ||||||
8 | the Department of Human Services, the Department of Healthcare | ||||||
9 | and Family Services, the Department of Public Health, community | ||||||
10 | mental health and substance use providers, statewide | ||||||
11 | associations of mental health and substance use providers, | ||||||
12 | mental health and substance use advocacy groups, and any other | ||||||
13 | entity as deemed appropriate for participation in the working | ||||||
14 | group. | ||||||
15 | The Office of the Governor and the Department of Human | ||||||
16 | Services shall provide staff and support to this working group.
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17 | (Source: P.A. 98-104, eff. 7-22-13.)
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18 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
19 | becoming law.".
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