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| 1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 1. Purpose. The purpose of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
| 5 | the 102nd General Assembly is to decrease the administrative | ||||||
| 6 | burden on behavioral and mental health providers throughout | ||||||
| 7 | the State who spend time and resources to meet State and | ||||||
| 8 | federal requirements to enroll members in services for which | ||||||
| 9 | they are eligible, free up limited resources, and allow | ||||||
| 10 | providers to focus on their members rather than duplicative | ||||||
| 11 | and sometimes contradictory categories of information. | ||||||
| 12 | Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental | ||||||
| 13 | Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by adding Section | ||||||
| 14 | 63.5 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 | ||||||
| 18 | Services and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services | ||||||
| 19 | shall 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 Services 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 | ||||||
| 8 | subsection (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 Services and the Department of | ||||||
| 19 | Healthcare and Family Services must comply with the new | ||||||
| 20 | standardized format within 6 months after its date of | ||||||
| 21 | completion.
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| 22 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 23 | becoming law.
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