(405 ILCS 142/15)
    Sec. 15. PRTF capacity analysis.
    (a) The Department shall establish, and update as needed, a methodology for completing a statewide PRTF capacity analysis for the purposes of identifying capacity needs for PRTF services under the Illinois Medical Assistance Program. The Department shall utilize the PRTF capacity analysis to inform its certification and enrollment of PRTF providers. The capacity analysis shall minimally include:
        (1) An analysis of aggregate service utilization data
    
for Medicaid eligible individuals under the age of 21, including community-based services, behavioral health crisis services, and inpatient psychiatric hospitalization services.
        (2) Identification of locations across the State with
    
demonstrated need for PRTF services and locations with demonstrated surplus of PRTF service capacity.
        (3) Consideration of specialized treatment needs
    
based on increased utilization of out-of-state facilities to address specialized treatment needs.
        (4) Other factors of consideration identified by the
    
Department as necessary to support access to care, compliance with the federal Medicaid program, and all other applicable federal or State laws, regulations, policies, requirements, and programs impacting Illinois' children's behavioral health service delivery system.
        (5) Recommendations to the Department and the PRTF
    
Advisory Committee on capacity needs within the Illinois PRTF program. The recommendations shall seek to avoid the concentration of PRTF facilities in any particular community or area of the State to promote access for families or guardians to visit patients when appropriate.
    (b) The Department's methodology, completed analyses, and outcomes shall be published on its website, with an initial PRTF capacity analysis to be published by no later than January 1, 2026.
    (c) The Department's PRTF capacity analysis shall be updated at a minimum of every 5 years and shall be performed consistent with the Department's published methodology.
(Source: P.A. 104-147, eff. 8-1-25.)