Illinois Senate Bill 1673 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: Failed on January 13 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates the Mental Health Modernization and Access Improvement Act. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to apply for a Medicaid waiver or State Plan amendment, or both, within 6 months after the effective date of the Act to develop and implement a regulatory framework that allows, incentivizes, and fosters payment reform models for all Medicaid community mental health services provided by community mental health centers or behavioral health clinics. Requires the regulatory framework to: (i) allow for and incentivize service innovation that is aimed at producing the best health outcomes for Medicaid enrollees with mental health conditions; (ii) reward high-quality care through annual incentive payments to community mental health centers and behavioral health clinics; (iii) require community mental health centers and behavioral health clinics to report on specified quality and outcomes metrics; and other matters. Provides that all documentation and reporting requirements under the regulatory framework must comply with the federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 and the State mental health parity requirements under the Illinois Insurance Code. Contains provisions concerning quality and outcomes metrics reporting; data sharing; the establishment of a Stakeholder Quality and Outcomes Metrics Development Working Group; statewide in-person trainings to ensure provider readiness for the regulatory framework; quality and patient safety protections; implementation timeline; certification of community mental health centers that opt into the regulatory framework; and other matters. Provides that the Act shall be implemented upon federal approval and only to the extent that federal financial participation is available. Effective immediately.

MENTAL HLTH MODERNIZATION ACT

Sen. Heather Steans [D]	Sen. Robert Peters [D]	Sen. Melinda Bush [D]	Sen. Iris Martinez [D]
Sen. Kimberly Lightford [D]	Sen. Cristina Castro [D]	Sen. Mattie Hunter [D]	Sen. Laura Fine [D]
Sen. Ram Villivalam [D]	Sen. John Cullerton [D]	Sen. Pat McGuire [D]	Sen. Christopher Belt [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-13	Senate	Session Sine Die
2019-05-14	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
2019-04-08	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Pat McGuire
2019-03-28	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2019-03-25	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
2019-03-22	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As March 28, 2019
2019-03-01	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
2019-02-27	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
2019-02-27	Senate	Assigned to Appropriations I
2019-02-27	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
2019-02-21	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine
2019-02-20	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
2019-02-20	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
2019-02-19	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
2019-02-15	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
2019-02-15	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2019-02-15	Senate	First Reading
2019-02-15	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather A. Steans

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1673&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB1673.htm