Public Act 0878 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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Public Act 098-0878

AN ACT concerning health.

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

Section 5. The Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013 is amended by changing Section 1-101.6 as follows:

(210 ILCS 49/1-101.6)

Sec. 1-101.6. Mental health system planning. 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 and substance use 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 and substance use disorders or conditions 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's Office of Health Innovation and Transformation shall oversee a process for (i) identifying needed services in the different geographic regions in the State and (ii) identifying the financing strategies for developing those needed services. 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 process shall address or examine the need and financing strategies for the following:

(1) Network adequacy in all 102 counties of the State for: (i) health homes authorized under Section 2703 of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; (ii) systems of care for children; (iii) care coordination; and (iv) access to a full continuum of quality care, treatment, services, and supports for persons with serious emotional disturbance, serious mental illness, or substance use disorder.

(2) Workforce development for the workforce of community providers of care, treatment, services, and supports for persons with mental health and substance use disorders and conditions.

(3) Information technology to manage the delivery of integrated services for persons with mental health and substance use disorders and medical conditions.

(4) The needed continuum of statewide community health care, treatment, services, and supports for persons with mental health and substance use disorders and conditions.

(5) Reducing health care disparities in access to a continuum of care, care coordination, and engagement in networks.

The Governor's Office of Health Innovation and Transformation shall include the Division of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse and the Division of Mental Health in the Department of Human Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the Department of Public Health 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 and substance use providers, statewide associations of mental health and substance use providers, mental health and substance use advocacy groups, and any other entity as deemed appropriate for participation in the process of identifying needed services and financing strategies as described in this Section working group.

The Office of Health Innovation and Transformation shall report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by July 1, 2015.

This Section is repealed on July 1, 2016.

The Department of Human Services shall provide staff and support to this working group.

(Source: P.A. 98-104, eff. 7-22-13.)

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

Effective Date: 8/11/2014