Full Text of HB3502 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning health.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 | | Advisory Council on Early Identification and Treatment of | 6 | | Mental Health Conditions Act. | 7 | | Section 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds that:
| 8 | | (1) the medical science is clear that mental health | 9 | | treatment works to improve mental health conditions and | 10 | | manage symptoms but it can take, on average, 10 years for a | 11 | | child or young adult with a significant condition to | 12 | | receive the right diagnosis and treatment from the time the | 13 | | first symptoms began, and nearly two-thirds of children and | 14 | | adults never get treatment;
| 15 | | (2) long treatment lags can lead to debilitating | 16 | | conditions and permanent disability;
| 17 | | (3) suicide, often due to untreated depression, is the | 18 | | second leading cause of death in this State for children | 19 | | and young adults ranging in age from 10 to 34;
| 20 | | (4) between 40% to 50% of heroin and other drug | 21 | | addiction begins to self-medicate an underlying, untreated | 22 | | mental health condition;
| 23 | | (5) important State reforms on improving access to |
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| 1 | | mental health and substance use treatment are underway and | 2 | | others are pending, but more needs to be done to address | 3 | | this State's serious systemic challenges to early | 4 | | identification and treatment of mental health conditions;
| 5 | | (6) the medical and mental health treatment | 6 | | communities across this State are implementing many | 7 | | evidence-based best practices on early screening, | 8 | | identification and treatment of mental health conditions, | 9 | | including co-located and integrated care, despite limited | 10 | | resources and major access to care challenges across the | 11 | | State; and
| 12 | | (7) establishing an Advisory Council on Early | 13 | | Identification and Treatment of Mental Health Conditions | 14 | | to:
| 15 | | (A) report and share information on evidence-based | 16 | | best practices related to early identification and | 17 | | treatment being implemented across this State and | 18 | | other states; | 19 | | (B) assist in advancing all providers to move | 20 | | toward implementation of evidence-based best | 21 | | practices, irrespective of payer such as Medicaid or | 22 | | private insurance, | 23 | | (C) identify the barriers to statewide | 24 | | implementation of early identification and treatment | 25 | | across all providers; and | 26 | | (D) reduce the stigma of mental health conditions |
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| 1 | | by treating them like any other medical condition will | 2 | | outline the path to enabling thousands of children, | 3 | | youth, and young adults in this State living with | 4 | | mental health conditions, including those related to | 5 | | trauma, to get the early diagnosis and treatment they | 6 | | need to effectively manage their condition and avoid | 7 | | potentially life-long debilitating symptoms. | 8 | | Section 10. Advisory Council on Early Identification and | 9 | | Treatment of Mental Health Conditions.
| 10 | | (a) There is created the Advisory Council on Early | 11 | | Identification and Treatment of Mental Health Conditions | 12 | | within the Department of Human Services. The Department of | 13 | | Human Services shall provide administrative support for the | 14 | | Advisory Council. The report, recommendations, and action plan | 15 | | required by this Section shall reflect the consensus of a | 16 | | majority of the Council. | 17 | | (b) The Advisory Council shall:
| 18 | | (1) review and identify evidence-based best practice | 19 | | models and promising practices supported by peer-reviewed | 20 | | literature being implemented in this State and other states | 21 | | on regular screening and early identification of mental | 22 | | health and substance use conditions in children and young | 23 | | adults, including depression, bi-polar disorder, | 24 | | schizophrenia, and other similar conditions, beginning at | 25 | | the age endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics, |
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| 1 | | through young adulthood, irrespective of coverage by | 2 | | public or private health insurance, resulting in early | 3 | | treatment;
| 4 | | (2) identify evidence-based mental health prevention | 5 | | and promotion initiatives;
| 6 | | (3) identify strategies to enable additional medical | 7 | | providers and community-based providers to implement | 8 | | evidence-based best practices on regular screening, and | 9 | | early identification and treatment of mental health | 10 | | conditions;
| 11 | | (4) identify barriers to the success of early | 12 | | screening, identification and treatment of mental health | 13 | | conditions across this State, including but not limited to, | 14 | | treatment access challenges, specific mental health | 15 | | workforce issues, regional challenges, training and | 16 | | knowledge-base needs of providers, provider infrastructure | 17 | | needs, reimbursement and payment issues, and public and | 18 | | private insurance coverage issues;
| 19 | | (5) based on the findings in paragraphs (1) through (4) | 20 | | of this subsection (b), develop a set of recommendations | 21 | | and an action plan to address the barriers to early and | 22 | | regular screening and identification of mental health | 23 | | conditions in children, adolescents and young adults in | 24 | | this State;
| 25 | | (6) complete and deliver the recommendations and | 26 | | action plan required by paragraph (5) of this subsection |
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| 1 | | (b) to the Governor and the General Assembly within one | 2 | | year of the first meeting of the Advisory Council; and
| 3 | | (7) upon completion and delivery of the | 4 | | recommendations and action plan to the Governor and General | 5 | | Assembly, the Advisory Council shall be dissolved.
| 6 | | (c) The Advisory Council shall be composed of no more than | 7 | | 27 members and 3 ex officio members, including:
| 8 | | (1) Two members of the House of Representatives, one | 9 | | appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives | 10 | | and one appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of | 11 | | Representatives.
| 12 | | (2) Two members of the Senate, one appointed by the | 13 | | President of the Senate and one appointed by the Minority | 14 | | Leader of the Senate.
| 15 | | (3) One representative of the Office of the Governor | 16 | | appointed by the Governor.
| 17 | | (4) Twenty-two members of the public as follows; | 18 | | however, provider representatives selected shall include a | 19 | | balance of those delivering care to persons with private | 20 | | health insurance and those serving underserved | 21 | | populations: | 22 | | (A) Four pediatricians recommended by a statewide | 23 | | organization that represents pediatricians, one from | 24 | | the Chicago area, one from suburban Chicago, one from | 25 | | central Illinois, and one from downstate Illinois, | 26 | | appointed by the Speaker of the House of |
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| 1 | | Representatives.
| 2 | | (B) Four family primary care physicians | 3 | | recommended by a statewide organization that | 4 | | represents family physicians, one from the Chicago
| 5 | | area, one from suburban Chicago, one from central | 6 | | Illinois, and one from downstate Illinois, appointed | 7 | | by the President of the Senate.
| 8 | | (C) Two advanced practice nurses recommended by a | 9 | | statewide organization that represents advanced | 10 | | practice nurses, one from Chicago and one from central | 11 | | or downstate Illinois, appointed by the Speaker of the | 12 | | House of Representatives.
| 13 | | (D) Two psychiatrists, including one child | 14 | | psychiatrist, recommended by a statewide organization | 15 | | that represents psychiatrists, one from the Chicago | 16 | | metropolitan region and one from central or downstate | 17 | | Illinois, appointed by the President of the Senate. | 18 | | (E) Two psychologists, including one child | 19 | | psychologist, recommended by a statewide organization | 20 | | that represents psychologists, one from the Chicago | 21 | | metropolitan region and one from central or downstate | 22 | | Illinois, appointed by the Speaker of the House of | 23 | | Representatives.
| 24 | | (F) One representative from an organization that | 25 | | advocates for families and youth with mental health | 26 | | conditions who is a parent with a child living with a |
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| 1 | | mental health condition, appointed by the President of | 2 | | the Senate.
| 3 | | (G) Two community mental health service providers | 4 | | recommended by a statewide organization that | 5 | | represents community mental health providers, one from | 6 | | the Chicago metropolitan region and one from central | 7 | | Illinois or downstate Illinois, appointed by the | 8 | | Speaker of the House of Representatives. | 9 | | (H) Two substance use treatment providers | 10 | | recommended by a statewide organization that | 11 | | represents substance use treatment providers, one from | 12 | | the Chicago metropolitan region, one from central or | 13 | | downstate Illinois, appointed by the President of the | 14 | | Senate.
| 15 | | (I) One representative from an organization that | 16 | | advocates for families and youth with mental health | 17 | | conditions who is an individual with lived experience | 18 | | of a mental health condition, appointed by the | 19 | | President of the Senate.
| 20 | | (J) Two representatives from private insurance | 21 | | companies, one appointed by the Speaker of the House of | 22 | | Representatives and one appointed by the President of | 23 | | the Senate.
| 24 | | (K) The following 3 officials shall serve as ex | 25 | | officio members:
| 26 | | (i) the Director of Public Health, or his or |
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| 1 | | her designee;
| 2 | | (ii) the Director of Healthcare and Family | 3 | | Services, or his or her designee;
and | 4 | | (iii) the Director of the Division of Mental | 5 | | Health within the Department of Human Services, or | 6 | | his or her designee.
| 7 | | (d) Members shall serve without compensation and are | 8 | | responsible for the cost of all reasonable and necessary travel | 9 | | expenses connected to Advisory Council business. Advisory | 10 | | Council members shall not be reimbursed by the State for these | 11 | | costs. Advisory Council members shall be appointed within 60 | 12 | | days after the effective date of this Act. The Advisory Council | 13 | | shall hold its initial meeting within 60 days after at least | 14 | | 50% of the members have been appointed. One representative from | 15 | | the pediatricians or primary care physicians and one | 16 | | representative from the mental health treatment community | 17 | | shall be the co-chairs of the Advisory Council. At the first | 18 | | meeting of the Advisory Council, the members shall select a 7 | 19 | | person Steering Committee that include the co-chairs. The | 20 | | Advisory Council may establish committees that address | 21 | | specific issues or populations and may appoint persons with | 22 | | relevant expertise who are not appointed members of the | 23 | | Advisory Council to serve on the committees as needed.
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