305 ILCS 5/5-45

(305 ILCS 5/5-45)
Sec. 5-45.

Reimbursement rates; substance use disorder
treatment providers and facilities.

Beginning on July 1, 2022,
the Department of Human Services' Division of Substance Use
Prevention and Recovery in conjunction with the Department of
Healthcare and Family Services, shall provide for an increase
in reimbursement rates by way of an increase to existing rates of
47% for all community-based substance use disorder treatment
services, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

        (1) Admission and Discharge Assessment.
        (2) Level 1 (Individual).
        (3) Level 1 (Group).
        (4) Level 2 (Individual).
        (5) Level 2 (Group).
        (6) Psychiatric/Diagnostic.
        (7) Medication Monitoring (Individual).
        (8) Methadone as an Adjunct to Treatment.

No existing or future reimbursement rates or add-ons shall be
reduced or changed to address the rate increase proposed under this Section.
The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall immediately,
no later than 3 months following April 19, 2022 (the effective date of Public Act 102-699),
submit any necessary application to the federal Centers for Medicare
and Medicaid Services for a waiver or State Plan amendment to implement the requirements of this Section.
Beginning in State fiscal year 2023, and every State fiscal year thereafter,
reimbursement rates for those community-based substance use disorder
treatment services shall be adjusted upward by an amount equal
to the Consumer Price Index-U from the previous year, not to
exceed 2% in any State fiscal year. If there is a decrease in
the Consumer Price Index-U, rates shall remain unchanged for
that State fiscal year. The Department of Human Services shall adopt rules,
including emergency rules under Section 5-45.1 of the Illinois
Administrative Procedure Act, to implement the provisions of
this Section.

As used in this Section, "consumer price index-u"
means the index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of
the United States Department of Labor that measures the average
change in prices of goods and services purchased by all urban
consumers, United States city average, all items, 1982-84 =
100.

(Source: P.A. 102-699, eff. 4-19-22; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23.)