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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB5443
Introduced 01/27/06, by Rep. Tom Cross SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning disease management programs and services for
chronic conditions.
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A BILL FOR
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HB5443 |
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LRB094 17573 DRJ 52869 b |
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| AN ACT concerning public aid.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by |
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| changing Section 5-24 as follows:
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| (305 ILCS 5/5-24)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2014)
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| Sec. 5-24. Disease management programs and
and services for
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| chronic conditions; pilot project.
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| (a) In this Section, "disease management programs and
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| services" means services administered to patients in order to |
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| improve
their overall health and to prevent clinical |
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| exacerbations and
complications, using cost-effective, |
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| evidence-based practice
guidelines and patient self-management |
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| strategies. Disease
management programs and services include |
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| all of the following:
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| (1) A population identification process.
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| (2) Evidence-based or consensus-based clinical |
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| practice
guidelines, risk identification, and matching of |
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| interventions with
clinical need.
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| (3) Patient self-management and disease education.
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| (4) Process and outcomes measurement, evaluation, |
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| management, and
reporting.
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| (b) Subject to appropriations, the Department of |
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| Healthcare and Family Services
Public Aid may
undertake a pilot |
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| project to study patient outcomes, for patients with chronic
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| diseases, associated with the use of disease management |
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| programs and services
for chronic condition management. |
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| "Chronic diseases" include, but are not
limited to, diabetes, |
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| congestive heart failure, and chronic obstructive
pulmonary |
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| disease.
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| (c) The disease management programs and services pilot
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