Full Text of HB2899 94th General Assembly
HB2899 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB2899
Introduced 2/22/2005, 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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LRB094 08629 DRJ 38837 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 | | 5 |
| changing Section 5-24 as follows:
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| (305 ILCS 5/5-24)
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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 | | 11 |
| improve
their overall health and to prevent clinical | | 12 |
| exacerbations and
complications, using cost-effective, | | 13 |
| evidence-based practice
guidelines and patient self-management | | 14 |
| strategies. Disease
management programs and services include | | 15 |
| all of the following:
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| (1) A population identification process.
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| (2) Evidence-based or consensus-based clinical | | 18 |
| practice
guidelines, risk identification, and matching of | | 19 |
| 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, | | 22 |
| management, and
reporting.
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| (b) Subject to appropriations, the Department of Public Aid | | 24 |
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undertake a pilot project to study patient outcomes, for | | 25 |
| patients with chronic
diseases, associated with the use of | | 26 |
| disease management programs and services
for chronic condition | | 27 |
| management. "Chronic diseases" include, but are not
limited to, | | 28 |
| diabetes, congestive heart failure, and chronic obstructive
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| pulmonary disease.
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| (c) The disease management programs and services pilot
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| project shall examine whether chronic disease management | | 32 |
| programs and
services for patients with specific chronic |
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| conditions do any or all
of the following:
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| (1) Improve the patient's overall health in a more | | 3 |
| expeditious
manner.
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| (2) Lower costs in other aspects of the medical | | 5 |
| assistance program, such
as hospital admissions, days in | | 6 |
| skilled nursing homes, emergency room
visits, or more | | 7 |
| frequent physician office visits.
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| (d) In carrying out the pilot project, the Department of | | 9 |
| Public Aid shall
examine all relevant scientific literature and | | 10 |
| shall consult with
health care practitioners including, but not | | 11 |
| limited to, physicians,
surgeons, registered pharmacists, and | | 12 |
| registered nurses.
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| (e) The Department of Public Aid shall consult with medical | | 14 |
| experts,
disease advocacy groups, and academic institutions to | | 15 |
| develop criteria
to be used in selecting a vendor for the pilot | | 16 |
| project.
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| (f) The Department of Public Aid may adopt rules to | | 18 |
| implement this
Section.
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| (g) This Section is repealed 10 years after the effective | | 20 |
| date of this
amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-518, eff. 1-1-04.)
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