SB2586 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB2586

Introduced 5/29/2013, by Sen. Heather A. Steans

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

405 ILCS 5/6-104.3

If and only if Senate Bill 26 of the 98th General Assembly becomes law, amends: the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013 by making various changes concerning the composition and duties of and support to the working group created by the Act; and the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code by providing that the creation of comparable programs for the services contained in the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013 for community-based providers by the Division of Mental Health of the Department of Human Services shall be in concert with the Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse of the Department of Human Services and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. Effective immediately.

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A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning health.

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

Section 5. If and only if Senate Bill 26 of the 98th General Assembly becomes law, then the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013 is amended by changing Section 1-101.6 as follows:

(09800SB0026ham001, Sec. 1-101.6)

Sec. 1-101.6. Mental health system planning. The General Assembly finds that the behavioral health care system of mental and substance use disorder treatment, care, and service in the State requires the development of additional needed community treatment, care, and services within a Statewide Rebalancing Plan.

To ensure the adequacy of community-based services and to offer choice and recovery to all individuals with serious mental and substance use disorders who choose to live in the community, and for whom the community is the appropriate setting, the Governor shall convene a working group to develop the process and procedure for identifying the needed continuum of statewide behavioral health and recovery care, treatment, and services in the different geographic regions of the State within a Statewide Rebalancing Plan, and the working group shall identify the necessary financing so that a Statewide Rebalancing Plan with clear timelines and accountability is established.

The Governor shall include the Department of Human Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the Department of Public Health, community mental and substance use disorder providers, statewide associations of mental and substance use disorder providers and law enforcement, mental and substance use disorder advocacy groups, and any other entity as deemed appropriate for participation in the working group.

The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall provide staff and support to this working group. The General Assembly finds the services contained in this Act are necessary for the effective delivery of mental health services for the citizens of the State of Illinois. The General Assembly also finds that the mental health system in the State requires further review to develop additional needed services. To ensure the adequacy of community-based services and to offer choice to all individuals with serious mental illness who choose to live in the community, and for whom the community is the appropriate setting, but are at risk of institutional care, the Governor shall convene a working group to develop the process and procedure for identifying needed services in the different geographic regions of the State. The Governor shall include the Division of Mental Health of the Department of Human Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the Department of Public Health, community mental health providers, statewide associations of mental health providers, mental health advocacy groups, and any other entity as deemed appropriate for participation in the working group. The Department of Human Services shall provide staff and support to this working group.

(Source: 09800SB0026ham001.)

Section 10. If and only if Senate Bill 26 of the 98th General Assembly becomes law, then the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code is amended by changing Section 6-104.3 as follows:

(405 ILCS 5/6-104.3)

Sec. 6-104.3. Comparable programs for the services contained in the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013. The Division of Mental Health of the Department of Human Services shall oversee the creation of comparable programs in concert with the Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse of the Department of Human Services and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services for the services contained in the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013 for community-based providers to provide the following services:

(1) triage center;

(2) crisis stabilization; and

(3) transitional living.

These comparable programs shall operate under the regulations that may currently exist for such programs, or, if no such regulations are in existence, regulations shall be created. The comparable programs shall be provided through a managed care entity, a coordinated care entity, or an accountable care entity. The Department shall work in concert with any managed care entity, care coordination entity, or accountable care entity to gather the data necessary to report and monitor the progress of the services offered under this Section. The services to be provided under this Section shall be subject to a specific appropriation of the General Assembly for the specific purposes of this Section.

The Department shall adopt any emergency rules necessary to implement this Section.

(Source: 09800SB0026ham001; 09800SB0026ham003.)

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