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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3297 Introduced 2/7/2024, by Sen. Mike Simmons SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | Amends the Housing is Recovery Pilot Program Act. Provides that an individual is eligible to receive a Housing is Recovery bridge rental subsidy for purposes of stabilizing his or her mental illness or substance use disorder if: (1) the individual is at high risk of unnecessary institutionalization who is 18 (rather than 21) years of age or older, or is aging out of guardianship under the Department of Children and Family Services, and who is eligible to enroll in, or is enrolled in, Medicaid for purposes of receiving mental health treatment; or (2) an individual at high risk of overdose who is 18 (rather than 21) years of age or older, or is aging out of guardianship under the Department of Children and Family Services, and who is eligible to enroll in, or is enrolled in, Medicaid for purposes of receiving substance use treatment. |
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| | SB3297 | | LRB103 37089 RLC 67207 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning health.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Housing is Recovery Pilot Program Act is |
| 5 | | amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
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| 6 | | (405 ILCS 125/10) |
| 7 | | Sec. 10. Eligibility. An individual meeting the |
| 8 | | requirements listed in this Section shall be eligible to |
| 9 | | receive a Housing is Recovery bridge rental subsidy for |
| 10 | | purposes of stabilizing his or her mental illness or substance |
| 11 | | use disorder. |
| 12 | | (1) An individual at high risk of unnecessary |
| 13 | | institutionalization who is 18 21 years of age or older, |
| 14 | | or is aging out of guardianship under the Department of |
| 15 | | Children and Family Services, and who is eligible to |
| 16 | | enroll in, or is enrolled in, Medicaid for purposes of |
| 17 | | receiving mental health treatment pursuant to 89 Ill. Adm. |
| 18 | | Code 140. |
| 19 | | (2) An individual at high risk of overdose who is 18 21 |
| 20 | | years of age or older, or is aging out of guardianship |
| 21 | | under the Department of Children and Family Services, and |
| 22 | | who is eligible to enroll in, or is enrolled in, Medicaid |
| 23 | | for purposes of receiving substance use treatment. |