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LRB095 08714 DRJ 28897 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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| adding Section 5-5.25 as follows:
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| (305 ILCS 5/5-5.25 new) |
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| Sec. 5-5.25. Access to psychiatric mental health services. |
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| The General Assembly finds that providing access to psychiatric |
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| mental health services in a timely manner will improve the |
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| quality of life for persons suffering from mental illness and |
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| will contain health care costs by avoiding the need for more |
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| costly inpatient hospitalization. The Department of Healthcare |
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| and Family Services shall reimburse psychiatrists for mental |
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| health services they provide, as authorized by Illinois law, to |
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| recipients via telepsychiatry. The Department, by rule, shall |
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| establish a method to reimburse providers for mental health |
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| services provided by telepsychiatry. The reimbursement |
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| methodology for mental health services provided by |
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| telemedicine shall be comparable to the reimbursement |
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| methodology used by the Department for other services provided |
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| by telemedicine.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |