Sen. Heather A. Steans

Filed: 5/21/2015

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4096

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4096 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental
5Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by changing Section
67.1 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 1705/7.1)  (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-7.1)
8    Sec. 7.1. For the purposes of this Section 7.1,
9"Department" means the Department of Healthcare and Family
10Services. To assist families in seeking intensive
11community-based services or residential placement for to place
12children with mental illness, for whom no appropriate care is
13available in State-operated Department facilities, in licensed
14private facilities, the Department shall supplement the amount
15a family is able to pay, as determined by the Department and
16the amount available from other sources, provided the

 

 

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1Department's share shall not exceed a uniform maximum rate to
2be determined from time to time by the Department. The
3Department may exercise the authority under this Section as is
4necessary to implement the provisions of Section 5-5.23 of the
5Illinois Public Aid Code and to administer Individual Care
6Grants. The Department shall work collaboratively with
7stakeholders and family representatives in the implementation
8of this Section.
9(Source: P.A. 88-380.)
 
10    Section 10. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
11changing Section 5-5.23 as follows:
 
12    (305 ILCS 5/5-5.23)
13    Sec. 5-5.23. Children's mental health services.
14    (a) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services, by
15rule, shall require the screening and assessment of a child
16prior to any Medicaid-funded admission to an inpatient hospital
17for psychiatric services to be funded by Medicaid. The
18screening and assessment shall include a determination of the
19appropriateness and availability of out-patient support
20services for necessary treatment. The Department, by rule,
21shall establish methods and standards of payment for the
22screening, assessment, and necessary alternative support
23services.
24    (b) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services, to

 

 

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1the extent allowable under federal law, shall secure federal
2financial participation for Individual Care Grant expenditures
3made by the Department of Healthcare and Family Human Services
4for the Medicaid optional service authorized under Section
51905(h) of the federal Social Security Act, pursuant to the
6provisions of Section 7.1 of the Mental Health and
7Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. The Department
8of Healthcare and Family Services may exercise the authority
9under this Section as is necessary to administer Individual
10Care Grants as authorized under Section 7.1 of the Mental
11Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act.
12    (c) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall
13work collaboratively with the Department of Children and Family
14Services and the Division of Mental Health of jointly with the
15Department of Human Services to implement subsections (a) and
16(b).
17    (d) On and after July 1, 2012, the Department shall reduce
18any rate of reimbursement for services or other payments or
19alter any methodologies authorized by this Code to reduce any
20rate of reimbursement for services or other payments in
21accordance with Section 5-5e.
22    (e) All rights, powers, duties, and responsibilities
23currently exercised by the Department of Human Services related
24to the Individual Care Grant program are transferred to the
25Department of Healthcare and Family Services with the transfer
26and transition of the Individual Care Grant program to the

 

 

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1Department of Healthcare and Family Services to be completed
2and implemented within 6 months after the effective date of
3this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly. For the
4purposes of the Successor Agency Act, the Department of
5Healthcare and Family Services is declared to be the successor
6agency of the Department of Human Services, but only with
7respect to the functions of the Department of Human Services
8that are transferred to the Department of Healthcare and Family
9Services under this amendatory Act of the 99th General
10Assembly.
11        (1) Each act done by the Department of Healthcare and
12    Family Services in exercise of the transferred powers,
13    duties, rights, and responsibilities shall have the same
14    legal effect as if done by the Department of Human Services
15    or its offices.
16        (2) Any rules of the Department of Human Services that
17    relate to the functions and programs transferred by this
18    amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly that are in
19    full force on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
20    the 99th General Assembly shall become the rules of the
21    Department of Healthcare and Family Services. All rules
22    transferred under this amendatory Act of the 99th General
23    Assembly are hereby amended such that the term "Department"
24    shall be defined as the Department of Healthcare and Family
25    Services and all references to the "Secretary" shall be
26    changed to the "Director of Healthcare and Family Services

 

 

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1    or his or her designee". As soon as practicable hereafter,
2    the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall
3    revise and clarify the rules to reflect the transfer of
4    rights, powers, duties, and responsibilities affected by
5    this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly, using the
6    procedures for recodification of rules available under the
7    Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, except that
8    existing title, part, and section numbering for the
9    affected rules may be retained. The Department of
10    Healthcare and Family Services, consistent with its
11    authority to do so as granted by this amendatory Act of the
12    99th General Assembly, shall propose and adopt any other
13    rules under the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act as
14    necessary to administer the Individual Care Grant program.
15    These rules may include, but are not limited to, the
16    application process and eligibility requirements for
17    recipients.
18        (3) All unexpended appropriations and balances and
19    other funds available for use in connection with any
20    functions of the Individual Care Grant program shall be
21    transferred for the use of the Department of Healthcare and
22    Family Services to operate the Individual Care Grant
23    program. Unexpended balances shall be expended only for the
24    purpose for which the appropriation was originally made.
25    The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall
26    exercise all rights, powers, duties, and responsibilities

 

 

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1    for operation of the Individual Care Grant program.
2        (4) Existing personnel and positions of the Department
3    of Human Services pertaining to the administration of the
4    Individual Care Grant program shall be transferred to the
5    Department of Healthcare and Family Services with the
6    transfer and transition of the Individual Care Grant
7    program to the Department of Healthcare and Family
8    Services. The status and rights of Department of Human
9    Services employees engaged in the performance of the
10    functions of the Individual Care Grant program shall not be
11    affected by this amendatory Act of the 99th General
12    Assembly. The rights of the employees, the State of
13    Illinois, and its agencies under the Personnel Code and
14    applicable collective bargaining agreements or under any
15    pension, retirement, or annuity plan shall not be affected
16    by this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly. All
17    transferred employees who are members of collective
18    bargaining units shall retain their seniority, continuous
19    service, salary, and accrued benefits.
20        (5) All books, records, papers, documents, property
21    (real and personal), contracts, and pending business
22    pertaining to the powers, duties, rights, and
23    responsibilities related to the functions of the
24    Individual Care Grant program, including, but not limited
25    to, material in electronic or magnetic format and necessary
26    computer hardware and software, shall be delivered to the

 

 

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1    Department of Healthcare and Family Services; provided,
2    however, that the delivery of this information shall not
3    violate any applicable confidentiality constraints.
4        (6) Whenever reports or notices are now required to be
5    made or given or papers or documents furnished or served by
6    any person to or upon the Department of Human Services in
7    connection with any of the functions transferred by this
8    amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly, the same shall
9    be made, given, furnished, or served in the same manner to
10    or upon the Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
11        (7) This amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly
12    shall not affect any act done, ratified, or canceled or any
13    right occurring or established or any action or proceeding
14    had or commenced in an administrative, civil, or criminal
15    cause regarding the Department of Human Services before the
16    effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General
17    Assembly; and those actions or proceedings may be defended,
18    prosecuted, and continued by the Department of Human
19    Services.
20    (f) The Individual Care Grant program shall be inoperative
21during the calendar year in which implementation begins of any
22remedies in response to litigation against the Department of
23Healthcare and Family Services related to children's
24behavioral health and the general status of children's
25behavioral health in this State.
26(Source: P.A. 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2becoming law.".