HB1449 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB094 08787 RSP 39003 b

94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB1449

Introduced 2/10/2005, by Rep. Lee A. Daniels - Raymond Poe - Patricia R. Bellock - Eileen Lyons

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 1705/18.4

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that a Department analysis of certain budget and funding allocations shall be reported to the Governor and General Assembly no later than April 31, 2005 or the effective date of this amendatory Act, whichever is earlier (now, no later than December). Requires the analysis to include the status of Medicaid billing for FY05 and provides that the report shall be forwarded to the Governor and General Assembly as set forth in a certain Mental Health Memorandum of Understanding. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by changing Section 18.4 as follows:

(20 ILCS 1705/18.4)

Sec. 18.4. Community Mental Health Medicaid Trust Fund; reimbursement.

(a) The Community Mental Health Medicaid Trust Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, any funds paid to the State by the federal government under Title XIX or Title XXI of the Social Security Act for services delivered by community mental health services providers, and any interest earned thereon, shall be deposited directly into the Community Mental Health Medicaid Trust Fund. Beginning with State fiscal year 2005, the first $95,000,000 received by the Department shall be deposited 26.3% into the General Revenue Fund and 73.7% into the Community Mental Health Medicaid Trust Fund. Amounts received in excess of $95,000,000 in any State fiscal year shall be deposited 50% into the General Revenue Fund and 50% into the Community Mental Health Medicaid Trust Fund. The Department shall analyze the budgeting and programmatic impact of this funding allocation and report to the Governor and the General Assembly the results of this analysis and any recommendations for change, no later than April December 31, 2005 or the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, whichever is earlier. This analysis shall include the status of Medicaid billing for FY 2005. The report analyzing this status shall be forwarded to the Governor and General Assembly from the Department and the Steering Committee as provided in the Mental Health Memorandum of Understanding executed July 2, 2004.

(c) The Department shall reimburse community mental health services providers for Medicaid-reimbursed mental health services provided to eligible individuals. Moneys in the Community Mental Health Medicaid Trust Fund may be used for that purpose.

(d) As used in this Section:

"Medicaid-reimbursed mental health services" means services provided by a community mental health provider under an agreement with the Department that is eligible for reimbursement under the federal Title XIX program or Title XXI program.

"Provider" means a community agency that is funded by the Department to provide a Medicaid-reimbursed service.

"Services" means mental health services provided under one of the following programs:

(1) Medicaid Clinic Option;

(2) Medicaid Rehabilitation Option;

(3) Targeted Case Management.

(Source: P.A. 92-597, eff. 6-28-02; 93-841, eff. 7-30-04.)

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