102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB2394
 
Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Robyn Gabel
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
20 ILCS 1705/63.5 new

     Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Requires the Department of Human Service and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to collaborate to develop a standardized format for specified data collection and registration no later than January 1, 2023 entities with expertise in federal requirements and form development. Provides that the Department of Human Service and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services must comply with the new standardized format within 6 months after its date of completion. Contains other provisions. Effective immediately.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 1. Purpose. The purpose of this amendatory Act of 
5the 102nd General Assembly  is to decrease the administrative 
6burden on behavioral and mental health providers throughout 
7the State who spend time and resources to meet State and 
8federal requirements to enroll members in services for which 
9they are eligible, free up limited resources, and allow 
10providers to focus on their members rather than duplicative 
11and sometimes contradictory categories of information.
 
12    Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental 
13Disabilities Administrative Act is amended  by adding Section 
1463.5 as follows:
 
15    (20 ILCS 1705/63.5 new)
16    Sec. 63.5. Data collection standardized format.
17    (a) No later than January 1, 2023, the Department of Human 
18Service and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services 
19shall collaborate to develop a standardized format for:
20        (1) collecting data from all member assessment tools;
21        (2) collecting any other data that behavioral health 
22    providers are required to submit to the State pertaining 
 
 
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1    to the administration of mental health and behavioral 
2    health services, including, but not limited to, substance 
3    use disorder at the Department of Human Service or the 
4    Department of Healthcare and Family Services; and
5        (3) registration for Value Options through Beacon 
6    Health Options's Provider Connect portal.
7    (b) Development of the standardized format under 
8subsection (a) shall be conducted in collaboration with:
9        (1) behavioral and mental health providers throughout 
10    the State, including, but not limited to, community 
11    providers of treatment for substance use disorder;
12        (2) stakeholders, including, but not limited to, 
13    organizations that serve individuals with serious mental 
14    illness, chronic disease, substance use disorder, or 
15    depression; and
16        (3) entities with expertise in federal requirements 
17    and form development.
18    (c) The Department of Human Service and the Department of 
19Healthcare and Family Services must comply with the new 
20standardized format within 6 months after its date of 
21completion. 
 
 
22    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
23becoming law.