Illinois Compiled Statutes
Chapter 305 - PUBLIC AID
305 ILCS 66/ - Rebuild Illinois Mental Health Workforce Act.

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(305 ILCS 66/20-1)
Sec. 20-1. Short title. This Article may be cited as the Rebuild Illinois Mental Health Workforce Act. References in this Article to "this Act" mean this Article.

(Source: P.A. 102-699, eff. 4-19-22.)

(305 ILCS 66/20-5)
Sec. 20-5. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to preserve and expand access to Medicaid community mental health care in Illinois to prevent unnecessary hospitalizations and avoid the criminalization of mental health conditions.

(Source: P.A. 102-699, eff. 4-19-22.)

(305 ILCS 66/20-10)
Sec. 20-10. Medicaid funding for community mental health services. Medicaid funding for the specific community mental health services listed in this Act shall be adjusted and paid as set forth in this Act. Such payments shall be paid in addition to the base Medicaid reimbursement rate and add-on payment rates per service unit.
(a) The payment adjustments shall begin on July 1, 2022 for State Fiscal Year 2023 and shall continue for every State fiscal year thereafter.
(b) Subject to federal approval, a one-time directed payment must be made in calendar year 2023 for community mental health services provided by community mental health providers. The one-time directed payment shall be for an amount appropriated for these purposes. The one-time directed payment shall be for services for Integrated Assessment and Treatment Planning and other intensive services, including, but not limited to, services for Mobile Crisis Response, crisis intervention, and medication monitoring. The amounts and services used for designing and distributing these one-time directed payments shall not be construed to require any future rate or funding increases for the same or other mental health services.
(Source: P.A. 102-699, eff. 4-19-22; 102-1118, eff. 1-18-23.)

(305 ILCS 66/20-15)
Sec. 20-15. Applicable Medicaid services. The payments listed in Section 20-10 shall apply to Medicaid services provided through contracts with any Medicaid managed care organization or entity and for Medicaid services paid for directly by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services.

(Source: P.A. 102-699, eff. 4-19-22.)

(305 ILCS 66/20-20)
Sec. 20-20. Base Medicaid rates or add-on payments.
(a) For services under subsection (a) of Section 20-10. No base Medicaid rate or Medicaid rate add-on payment or any other payment for the provision of Medicaid community mental health services in place on July 1, 2021 shall be diminished or changed to make the reimbursement changes required by this Act. Any payments required under this Act that are delayed due to implementation challenges or federal approval shall be made retroactive to July 1, 2022 for the full amount required by this Act.
(b) For directed payments under subsection (b) of Section 20-10. No base Medicaid rate payment or any other payment for the provision of Medicaid community mental health services in place on January 1, 2023 shall be diminished or changed to make the reimbursement changes required by this Act. The Department of Healthcare and Family Services must pay the directed payment in one installment within 60 days of receiving federal approval.
(Source: P.A. 102-699, eff. 4-19-22; 102-1118, eff. 1-18-23.)

(305 ILCS 66/20-25)
Sec. 20-25. Federal approval and Medicaid federal financial participation. The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall submit any necessary application to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services immediately following the effective date of this Act for purposes of implementation of this Act. The payments required under this Act shall only be required as long as Illinois receives federal financial participation for such payments.

(Source: P.A. 102-699, eff. 4-19-22.)

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(305 ILCS 66/99-99)
Sec. 99-99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law, except that Article 15 takes effect on July 1, 2022, and Article 35 takes effect upon becoming law or on the date Senate Bill 3023 of the 102nd General Assembly takes effect, whichever is later.

(Source: P.A. 102-699, eff. 4-19-22.)