Public Act 100-0790
 
SB2446 EnrolledLRB100 17417 KTG 33800 b


  
    AN ACT concerning public aid.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended  by 
changing Section 5-5.25 as follows:
 
    (305 ILCS 5/5-5.25)
    Sec. 5-5.25. Access to psychiatric mental health services. 
The General Assembly finds that providing access to psychiatric 
mental health services in a timely manner will improve the 
quality of life for persons suffering from mental illness and 
will contain health care costs by avoiding the need for more 
costly inpatient hospitalization. The Department of Healthcare 
and Family Services shall reimburse psychiatrists and 
federally qualified health centers as defined in
Section 
1905(l)(2)(B) of the federal Social Security Act for mental 
health services provided by psychiatrists and advanced 
practice registered nurses certified in psychiatric and mental 
health nursing, as
authorized by Illinois law, to recipients 
via telepsychiatry.  The Department, by rule, shall establish: 
(i) criteria for such services to be reimbursed, including 
appropriate facilities and equipment to be used at both sites 
and requirements for a physician or other licensed health care 
professional to be present at the site where the patient is 
located; however, the Department shall not require that a 
physician or other licensed health care professional be 
physically present in the same room as the patient for the 
entire time during which the patient is receiving 
telepsychiatry services;  and (ii) a method to reimburse 
providers for mental health services provided by 
telepsychiatry.

    On and after July 1, 2012, the Department shall reduce any 
rate of reimbursement for services or other payments or alter 
any methodologies authorized by this Code to reduce any rate of 
reimbursement for services or other payments in accordance with 
Section 5-5e. 
(Source: P.A. 100-385, eff. 1-1-18.)
 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.