HB1628eng 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB1628 Engrossed LRB095 09974 MJR 30187 b

AN ACT concerning regulation.

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

Section 5. The Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act is amended by changing Section 50 and by adding Sections 47, 52, and 53 as follows:

(215 ILCS 170/47 new)

Sec. 47. Program Information. The Department shall report to the General Assembly no later than September 1 of each year beginning in 2007, all of the following information:

(a) The number of professionals serving in the primary care case management program, by licensed profession and by county, and, for counties with a population of 100,000 or greater, by geo zip code.

(b) The number of non-primary care providers accepting referrals, by specialty designation, by licensed profession and by county, and, for counties with a population of 100,000 or greater, by geo zip code.

(c) The number of individuals enrolled in the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Program by income or premium level and by county, and, for counties with a population of 100,000 or greater, by geo zip code.

(215 ILCS 170/50)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2011)

Sec. 50. Consultation with stakeholders. The Department shall present details regarding implementation of the Program to the Medicaid Advisory Committee, and the Committee shall serve as the forum for healthcare providers, advocates, consumers, and other interested parties to advise the Department with respect to the Program. The Department shall consult with stakeholders on the rules for healthcare professional participation in the Program pursuant to Sections 52 and 53 of this Act.

(Source: P.A. 94-693, eff. 7-1-06.)

(215 ILCS 170/52 new)

Sec. 52. Adequate access to specialty care.

(a) The Department shall ensure adequate access to specialty physician care for Program participants by allowing referrals to be accomplished without undue delay.

(b) The Department shall allow a primary care provider to make appropriate referrals to specialist physicians or other healthcare providers for an enrollee who has a condition that requires care from a specialist physician or other healthcare provider. A referral shall be effective for the period necessary to provide the referred services or one year, whichever is less. A primary care provider may renew and re-renew a referral.

(c) The enrollee's primary care provider shall remain responsible for coordinating the care of an enrollee who has received a standing referral to a specialist physician or other healthcare provider. If a secondary referral is necessary, the specialist physician or other healthcare provider shall advise the primary care physician. The specialist physician shall be responsible for making the secondary referral. In addition, the Department shall require the specialist physician or other healthcare provider to provide regular updates to the enrollee's primary care provider.

(215 ILCS 170/53 new)

Sec. 53. Program standards.

(a) Any disease management program implemented by the Department must be or must have been developed in consultation with physician organizations, such as State, national, and specialty medical societies, and any available standards or guidelines of these organizations. These programs must be based on evidence-based, scientifically sound principles that are accepted by the medical community. An enrollee must be excused from participation in a disease management program if the enrollee's physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches, in his or her professional judgment, determines that participation is not beneficial to the enrollee.

(b) Any performance measures, such as primary care provider monitoring, implemented by the Department must be or must have been developed on consultation with physician organizations, such as State, national, and specialty medical societies, and any available standards or guidelines of these organizations. These measures must be based on evidence-based, scientifically sound principles that are accepted by the medical community.

(c) The Department shall adopt variance procedures for the application of any disease management program or any performance measures to an individual enrollee.