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LRB094 09346 RSP 39588 b |
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| AN ACT concerning State government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental |
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| Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by changing Section |
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| 15.3 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 1705/15.3) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-15.3)
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| Sec. 15.3. Quality assurance for community mental health |
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| services.
Whenever the Department of Public Aid or the |
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| Department of Human Services pays
the cost, directly or |
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| indirectly, in
whole or part, for community mental health |
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| services and programs provided
under the Medicaid Clinic Option |
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| authorized by Title XIX of the Social
Security Act, the |
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| provider of such services shall meet minimum standards
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| established by the Department.
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| The Department shall annually certify that providers of |
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| community mental
health services under the Medicaid Clinic |
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| Option meet minimum standards.
The Department may suspend, |
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| refuse to renew or deny
certification to any provider who fails |
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| to meet any or all such standards,
as provided by rule.
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| For purposes of this Section, "community mental health |
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| services and
programs" means services designed to help persons |
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| with mental illness
develop skills for living, including but |
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| not limited to the following:
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| (1) Mental health assessment;
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| (2) Psychological evaluation;
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| (3) Interdisciplinary treatment planning;
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| (4) Medication monitoring and training;
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| (5) Individual therapy;
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| (6) Group therapy;
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| (7) Family therapy;
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| (8) Crisis intervention;
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