Bill Amendment: IL SB3438 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly

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Bill Title: MENTAL HLTH ASSESSMENT REFORM

Status: 2022-05-10 - Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SB3438 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-SB3438-Senate_Amendment_001.html

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Sen. Sara Feigenholtz

Filed: 2/18/2022

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3438
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3438 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
adding Section 5-45 as follows:
(305 ILCS 5/5-45 new)
Sec. 5-45. Making the Integrated Assessment and Treatment
Plan process a success. To support the intention that the
Integrated Assessment and Treatment Plan process, using the
Department's standardized assessment and treatment planning
tool, is to engage in motivational interviewing and client
engagement with an individual to gather the critical, relevant
information to develop a comprehensive treatment plan for
Medicaid Rehabilitation Option services covered under 89 Ill.
Adm. Code 140.435 and 140.TABLE N:
(1) Within one month after the effective date of this

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amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, the
Department shall communicate to community mental health
providers through the appropriate written public
communication that the assessment and treatment planning
tool is intended to support clinical interviewing and
client engagement for gathering information relevant to
establishing clinically appropriate treatment
recommendations for Medicaid Rehabilitation Option
services, rather than being a checklist, and that
information not relevant to the client's treatment plan
does not need to be documented through the assessment and
treatment planning tool. The Department shall include in
this communication guidance regarding the appropriate
methods to document medical necessity for Medicaid
Rehabilitation Option services included in 89 Ill. Adm.
Code 140.435 and 140.TABLE N.
(2) To allow sufficient time to develop a treatment
relationship, and to foster client engagement in the
development of a comprehensive assessment and treatment
plan for Medicaid Rehabilitation Option services, the
Integrated Assessment and Treatment Plan process for such
services shall remain open for 90 days, during which time
individuals shall be eligible to receive Medicaid
Rehabilitation Option services for which medical necessity
is documented and providers shall be reimbursed for such
services.

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(3) If an individual completes or terminates Medicaid
Rehabilitation Option services within 90 days from the
date of the person's first meeting with the provider, no
further assessment or treatment planning documentation
shall be required.
(4) The Department shall offer integrated assessment
and treatment plan training on clinical interviewing and
client engagement to ensure that staff understand best
practices for engaging clients in a therapeutic process
and gathering information needed to establish clinically
appropriate treatment recommendations for Medicaid
Rehabilitation Option services.
This Section does not apply to services established in
accordance with a consent decree for children's behavioral
health services covered by the medical assistance program.
If any administrative rule change or federal approval is
required to implement this Section, the Department shall file
any necessary administrative rule change or seek federal
approval within one month after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.".