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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
18Services and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services
19shall collaborate to develop a standardized format for:
20        (1) collecting de-identified aggregate data from all
21    member assessment tools;
22        (2) collecting any other de-identified aggregate data

 

 

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1    that behavioral health providers are required to submit to
2    the State pertaining to the administration of mental
3    health and behavioral health services, including, but not
4    limited to, substance use disorder at the Department of
5    Human Services or the Department of Healthcare and Family
6    Services; and
7        (3) registration for Value Options through Beacon
8    Health Options's Provider Connect portal.
9    (b) Development of the standardized format under
10subsection (a) shall be conducted in collaboration with:
11        (1) behavioral and mental health providers throughout
12    the State, including, but not limited to, community
13    providers of treatment for substance use disorder;
14        (2) stakeholders, including, but not limited to,
15    organizations that serve individuals with serious mental
16    illness, chronic disease, substance use disorder, or
17    depression; and
18        (3) entities with expertise in federal requirements
19    and form development.
20    (c) The Department of Human Services and the Department of
21Healthcare and Family Services must comply with the new
22standardized format within 6 months after its date of
23completion.
24    (d) As used in this Section, "substance use disorder" has
25the meaning provided in Section 1-10 of the Substance Use
26Disorder Act.
 

 

 

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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2becoming law.