Human Services Committee
Filed: 5/16/2007
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 6




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 6 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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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 and 
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federally qualified health centers as defined in
Section 1905 
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(l)(2)(B) of the federal Social Security Act for mental health 
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services provided by psychiatrists, as
authorized by Illinois 
 


 






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law, to recipients via telepsychiatry. The Department, by rule, 
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shall establish (i) criteria for such services to be 
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reimbursed, including appropriate facilities and equipment to 
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be used at both sites and requirements for a physician or other 
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licensed medical professional to be present at the site where 
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the patient is located, and (ii) a method to reimburse 
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providers for mental health services provided by 
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telepsychiatry.
 

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