HB2394eng 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB2394 Engrossed LRB102 10716 RLC 16045 b

AN ACT concerning regulation.

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

Section 1. Purpose. The purpose of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly is to decrease the administrative burden on behavioral and mental health providers throughout the State who spend time and resources to meet State and federal requirements to enroll members in services for which they are eligible, free up limited resources, and allow providers to focus on their members rather than duplicative and sometimes contradictory categories of information.

Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by adding Section 63.5 as follows:

(20 ILCS 1705/63.5 new)

Sec. 63.5. Data collection standardized format.

(a) No later than January 1, 2023, the Department of Human Services and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall collaborate to develop a standardized format for:

(1) collecting data from all member assessment tools;

(2) collecting any other data that behavioral health providers are required to submit to the State pertaining to the administration of mental health and behavioral health services, including, but not limited to, substance use disorder at the Department of Human Services or the Department of Healthcare and Family Services; and

(3) registration for Value Options through Beacon Health Options's Provider Connect portal.

(b) Development of the standardized format under subsection (a) shall be conducted in collaboration with:

(1) behavioral and mental health providers throughout the State, including, but not limited to, community providers of treatment for substance use disorder;

(2) stakeholders, including, but not limited to, organizations that serve individuals with serious mental illness, chronic disease, substance use disorder, or depression; and

(3) entities with expertise in federal requirements and form development.

(c) The Department of Human Services and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services must comply with the new standardized format within 6 months after its date of completion.

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