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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB3051 Introduced 2/6/2025, by Rep. Sharon Chung SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to adopt rules governing rural provider compensation. Provides that such rules shall increase the rate of compensation for rural providers that account for significant challenges or barriers related to transportation, including, but not limited to, travel time of over one hour each way or 35 or more miles, and last minute appointment cancellations. Provides that the rate of reimbursement shall be increased and compensate rural providers for: (i) extended travel time and mileage and (ii) staff or resources required to provide developmental disabilities services to individuals in rural areas. Requires the Department to create a grant program to incentivize and support the use of assistive technologies and innovative services to increase access to developmental disabilities services provided by rural providers. |
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| | HB3051 | | LRB104 11138 KTG 21220 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental |
| 5 | | Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by adding Section |
| 6 | | 54.3 as follows:
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| 7 | | (20 ILCS 1705/54.3 new) |
| 8 | | Sec. 54.3. Access to rural developmental disabilities |
| 9 | | services. |
| 10 | | (a) Definitions. As used in this Section: |
| 11 | | "Facility" means a center or program that provides |
| 12 | | developmental disabilities services and is not owned or |
| 13 | | operated by the State or any political subdivision. |
| 14 | | "Rural provider" means a facility that provides |
| 15 | | developmental disability services located in a rural area that |
| 16 | | is at least 35 miles drive away from any other rural provider, |
| 17 | | hospital, or other location that provides developmental |
| 18 | | disability services. |
| 19 | | (b) Transportation support. The Department shall adopt |
| 20 | | rules governing rural provider compensation. Such rules shall |
| 21 | | increase the rate of compensation for rural providers that |
| 22 | | account for significant challenges or barriers related to |
| 23 | | transportation, including, but not limited to, travel time of |