Full Text of SB2085 101st General Assembly
SB2085 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 SB2085 Introduced 2/15/2019, by Sen. Laura Fine SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 215 ILCS 5/356z.33 new | | 305 ILCS 5/5-16.8 | |
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Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Requires an individual or group policy of accident and health insurance or managed care organization that provides mental health benefits to provide reimbursement for benefits that are delivered through the psychiatric Collaborative Care Model. Provides that an individual or group policy of accident and health insurance or managed care organization that provides mental health benefits may deny reimbursement of any current procedural terminology code listed on the grounds of medical necessity if medical necessity determinations are in compliance with federal law and related regulations. Makes conforming changes to the Illinois Public Aid Code. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by adding | 5 | | Section 356z.33 as follows: | 6 | | (215 ILCS 5/356z.33 new) | 7 | | Sec. 356z.33. Coverage of the psychiatric Collaborative | 8 | | Care Model. | 9 | | (a) As used in this Section, "psychiatric Collaborative | 10 | | Care Model" means the evidence-based, integrated behavioral | 11 | | health service delivery method described at 81 FR 80230. | 12 | | (b) An individual or group policy of accident and health | 13 | | insurance amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after | 14 | | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General | 15 | | Assembly or managed care organization that provides mental | 16 | | health benefits shall provide reimbursement for benefits that | 17 | | are delivered through the psychiatric Collaborative Care | 18 | | Model. The following American Medical Association 2018 current | 19 | | procedural terminology codes and Healthcare Common Procedure | 20 | | Coding System code shall be used to bill for benefits delivered | 21 | | through the psychiatric Collaborative Care Model: | 22 | | (1) 99492; | 23 | | (2) 99493; |
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| 1 | | (3) 99494; and | 2 | | (4) G0512. | 3 | | (c) The Director of Insurance shall update the billing | 4 | | codes in subsection (b) if there are any alterations or | 5 | | additions to the billing codes for the psychiatric | 6 | | Collaborative Care Model. | 7 | | (d) An individual or group policy or managed care | 8 | | organization that provides benefits under this Section may deny | 9 | | reimbursement of any billing code listed in this Section on the | 10 | | grounds of medical necessity if such medical necessity | 11 | | determinations are in compliance with the Paul Wellstone and | 12 | | Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of | 13 | | 2008 and its implementing and related regulations and that such | 14 | | determinations are made in accordance with the utilization | 15 | | review requirements under Section 85 of the Managed Care Reform | 16 | | and Patient Rights Act. | 17 | | Section 10. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | 18 | | changing Section 5-16.8 as follows:
| 19 | | (305 ILCS 5/5-16.8)
| 20 | | Sec. 5-16.8. Required health benefits. The medical | 21 | | assistance program
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(i) provide the post-mastectomy care | 22 | | benefits required to be covered by a policy of
accident and | 23 | | health insurance under Section 356t and the coverage required
| 24 | | under Sections 356g.5, 356u, 356w, 356x, 356z.6, 356z.26, and |
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| 1 | | 356z.29 , 356z.32, and 356z.33 of the Illinois
Insurance Code | 2 | | and (ii) be subject to the provisions of Sections 356z.19, | 3 | | 364.01, 370c, and 370c.1 of the Illinois
Insurance Code.
| 4 | | On and after July 1, 2012, the Department shall reduce any | 5 | | rate of reimbursement for services or other payments or alter | 6 | | any methodologies authorized by this Code to reduce any rate of | 7 | | reimbursement for services or other payments in accordance with | 8 | | Section 5-5e. | 9 | | To ensure full access to the benefits set forth in this | 10 | | Section, on and after January 1, 2016, the Department shall | 11 | | ensure that provider and hospital reimbursement for | 12 | | post-mastectomy care benefits required under this Section are | 13 | | no lower than the Medicare reimbursement rate. | 14 | | (Source: P.A. 99-433, eff. 8-21-15; 99-480, eff. 9-9-15; | 15 | | 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 100-138, eff. 8-18-17; 100-863, eff. | 16 | | 8-14-18; 100-1057, eff. 1-1-19; 100-1102, eff. 1-1-19; revised | 17 | | 10-4-18.)
| 18 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 19 | | becoming law.
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