Full Text of HR0220 94th General Assembly
HR0220 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The State of Illinois provides mental health | 3 |
| services to Medicaid recipients under rules established by the | 4 |
| Department of Human Services and the Department of Public Aid; | 5 |
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| WHEREAS, Many Medicaid mental health recipients do not | 7 |
| require treatment from a physician or the extensive services | 8 |
| provided by a certified mental health clinic; and
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| WHEREAS, Persons who receive mental health services may be | 10 |
| more productive citizens, able to contribute to the economy of | 11 |
| the State; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, Social workers provide the majority of mental | 13 |
| health services in the country and the State; and licensed | 14 |
| clinical social workers (LCSWs) are approved providers under | 15 |
| the Illinois Insurance Code; and | 16 |
| WHEREAS, Federal law allows, and many other states provide, | 17 |
| reimbursement for social work services in all settings; this | 18 |
| has been found to be cost efficient; and | 19 |
| WHEREAS, The rules established by the Department of Human | 20 |
| Services and the Department of Public Aid restrict the | 21 |
| providers and settings available to Medicaid recipients, | 22 |
| preventing many LCSWs and agencies that employ them from being | 23 |
| reimbursed for their services; and | 24 |
| WHEREAS, The Illinois rules have the effect of restricting | 25 |
| the recipient's choice of provider, placing a hardship on | 26 |
| agencies that provide services but are not Medicaid certified, | 27 |
| and may increase the State's cost for treatment; and | 28 |
| WHEREAS, The Illinois House of Representatives has 3 times |
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| passed a bill directing that LCSWs be reimbursed for Medicaid | 2 |
| treatment provided in all settings; therefore, be it | 3 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 4 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 5 |
| there is hereby established a Social Worker Medicaid | 6 |
| Reimbursement Task Force to study the benefits of including | 7 |
| LCSWs in all settings as Medicaid mental health providers; the | 8 |
| task force shall also develop a methodology for calculating the | 9 |
| fiscal impact of this change in policy and a plan to implement | 10 |
| these services on at least a pilot basis, starting with mental | 11 |
| health services for Medicaid and KidCare eligible children; and | 12 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the task force shall consist of 18 members: | 14 |
| (1) one member from each of the following State agencies: the | 15 |
| Illinois Department of Public Aid or its successor agency, the | 16 |
| Illinois Department of Human Services, the Illinois State Board | 17 |
| of Education, and the Illinois Department of Children and | 18 |
| Family Services; the Director of the Illinois Department of | 19 |
| Public Aid (or its successor agency) and the Secretary of the | 20 |
| Illinois Department of Human Services or their designees shall | 21 |
| co-chair the task force; (2) the remaining task force members | 22 |
| shall come from the stakeholder and recipient communities: one | 23 |
| Medicaid recipient, familiar with mental health treatment in | 24 |
| Illinois; 2 members from the National Association of Social | 25 |
| Workers (NASW) Illinois Chapter; one member from an association | 26 |
| representing LCSWs exclusively; one member from the Illinois | 27 |
| Social Work Licensing and Disciplinary Board; one member from | 28 |
| an association representing school social workers; one member | 29 |
| from an association representing community based mental health | 30 |
| agencies; one member from an association representing private | 31 |
| child welfare agencies; 3 representatives from community based | 32 |
| neighborhood or family service agencies or associations, not | 33 |
| collecting Medicaid (one of these shall be from a community | 34 |
| agency serving predominantly a Hispanic population, and one |
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| from a community agency serving primarily an African American | 2 |
| population); 2 members from organizations that advocate for | 3 |
| young children; and one member from the Children's Mental | 4 |
| Health Partnership; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Social Worker Medicaid Reimbursement | 6 |
| Task Force shall present a report of its findings to the | 7 |
| General Assembly by March 1, 2006; and be it further | 8 |
| RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution shall be delivered | 9 |
| to the Secretary of Human Services and the Director of the | 10 |
| Department of Public Aid.
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