20 ILCS 301/ Substance Use Disorder Act.

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20 ILCS 301/Art. 55

(20 ILCS 301/Art. 55 heading) ARTICLE 55.

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

20 ILCS 301/55-5

(20 ILCS 301/55-5)

Sec. 55-5.

Application of Administrative Procedure Act.

The Illinois
Administrative Procedure Act is incorporated herein as if all of its provisions
were included in this Act.

(Source: P.A. 88-80.)

20 ILCS 301/55-10

(20 ILCS 301/55-10)

Sec. 55-10.

Immunity from civil or criminal liability.

No intermediary
person acting in good faith and without negligence in connection with the
preparation of petitions, applications, certificates or other documents for
apprehension, transportation, examination, treatment, detention or discharge or
the taking into protective custody of an individual under the provisions of
this Act shall incur any civil or criminal liability by reason of these acts.

(Source: P.A. 88-80.)

20 ILCS 301/55-15

(20 ILCS 301/55-15)

Sec. 55-15.

Intoxication; local ordinances.

No county, municipality or
political subdivision may adopt or enforce any law that includes being
intoxicated as the sole basis of the offense, nor interpret or apply any law to
circumvent the provisions of this Section.  However, nothing in this Section
affects any law, ordinance, resolution or rule against driving under the
influence of alcohol or other drugs, or any similar offense involving operation
of a vehicle, aircraft, boat, machinery, or the use of firearms or other
equipment.  Nothing in this Section affects any law regarding the sale,
purchase, use, possession or dispensing of drugs or alcohol at stated places,
at stated times or by particular classes of persons.

(Source: P.A. 88-80.)

20 ILCS 301/55-20

(20 ILCS 301/55-20)

Sec. 55-20.

Direct deposit of State payments.

Any provider of services
under this Act may elect to receive payment for those services, and the
Department is authorized to arrange for that payment, by means of direct
deposit transmittals to the service provider's account maintained at a bank,
savings and loan association, or other financial institution.  The financial
institution must be approved by the Department, and the deposits shall be in
accordance with rules adopted by the Department.

(Source: P.A. 88-80.)

20 ILCS 301/55-25

    (20 ILCS 301/55-25)
    Sec. 55-25. Drug court grant program.

(a) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall establish a program to administer grants to local drug courts.  Grant moneys may be used for the following purposes:

(1) treatment or other clinical intervention through

an appropriately licensed provider;

(2) monitoring, supervision, and clinical case

management via probation, Department Designated Programs, or licensed treatment providers;

(3) transportation of the offender to required

appointments;

(4) interdisciplinary and other training of both

clinical and legal professionals who are involved in the local drug court;

(5) other activities including data collection

related to drug court operation and purchase of software or other administrative tools to assist in the overall management of the local system; or

(6) court appointed special advocate programs.

(b) The position of Statewide Drug Court Coordinator is created as a full-time position within the Department.  The Statewide Drug Court Coordinator shall be responsible for the following:

(1) coordinating training, technical assistance, and

overall support to drug courts in Illinois;

(2) assisting in the development of new drug courts

and advising local partnerships on appropriate practices;

(3) collecting data from local drug court

partnerships on drug court operations and aggregating that data into an annual report to be presented to the General Assembly; and

(4) acting as a liaison between the State and the

Illinois Association of Drug Court Professionals.

(Source: P.A. 100-759, eff. 1-1-19.)

20 ILCS 301/55-30

    (20 ILCS 301/55-30)
    Sec. 55-30. Rate increase.

(a) The Department shall by rule develop the increased rate methodology and annualize the increased rate beginning with State fiscal year 2018 contracts to licensed providers of community-based substance use disorder intervention or treatment, based on the additional amounts appropriated for the purpose of providing a rate increase to licensed providers. The Department shall adopt rules, including emergency rules under subsection (y) of Section 5-45 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, to implement the provisions of this Section.

(b) (Blank).

(c) Beginning on July 1, 2022, the Division of Substance
Use Prevention and Recovery shall increase reimbursement rates
for all community-based substance use disorder treatment and
intervention services by 47%, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

        (1) Admission and Discharge Assessment.
        (2) Level 1 (Individual).
        (3) Level 1 (Group).
        (4) Level 2 (Individual).
        (5) Level 2 (Group).
        (6) Case Management.
        (7) Psychiatric Evaluation.
        (8) Medication Assisted Recovery.
        (9) Community Intervention.
        (10) Early Intervention (Individual).
        (11) Early Intervention (Group).

Beginning in State Fiscal Year 2023, and every State fiscal year thereafter,
reimbursement rates for those
community-based substance use disorder treatment and
intervention services shall be adjusted upward by an amount
equal to the Consumer Price Index-U from the previous year,
not to exceed 2% in any State fiscal year. If there is a decrease
in the Consumer Price Index-U, rates shall remain unchanged
for that State fiscal year. The Department shall adopt rules,
including emergency rules in accordance with the  Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, to implement the provisions
of this Section.

As used in this subsection, "consumer price
index-u" means the index published by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics of the United States Department of Labor that
measures the average change in prices of goods and services
purchased by all urban consumers, United States city average,
all items, 1982-84 = 100.

(d)  Beginning on January 1, 2024, subject to federal approval, the Division of Substance Use Prevention and Recovery shall increase reimbursement rates for all ASAM level 3 residential/inpatient substance use disorder treatment and intervention services by 30%, including, but not limited to, the following services:

(1) ASAM level 3.5 Clinically Managed High-Intensity

Residential Services for adults;

(2) ASAM level 3.5 Clinically Managed

Medium-Intensity Residential Services for adolescents;

(3) ASAM level 3.2 Clinically Managed Residential

Withdrawal Management;

(4) ASAM level 3.7 Medically Monitored Intensive

Inpatient Services for adults and Medically Monitored High-Intensity Inpatient Services for adolescents; and

(5) ASAM level 3.1 Clinically Managed Low-Intensity

Residential Services for adults and adolescents.

(Source: P.A. 102-699, eff. 4-19-22; 103-102, eff. 6-16-23.)