Bill Text: IL HB5286 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013. Provides that for a specialized mental health rehabilitation facility licensed under the Act by December 1, 2017 or provisionally licensed under the Act by December 1, 2017, a payment shall be made for therapeutic visits that have been indicated by an interdisciplinary team as therapeutically beneficial. Provides that the payment shall be at a rate of 100% of the facility's rate on the effective date of the amendatory Act for the first 5 days. Provides that, thereafter, payment for a therapeutic visit shall be at 75% of the facility's rate on the effective date of the amendatory Act and may not exceed 30 days in a fiscal year and shall not exceed 10 days consecutively. Provides that payment to a facility for a therapeutic visit shall be available to the facility through both fee-for-service and managed care payment arrangements. Effective July 1, 2018.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5286 Detail]

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB5286 Introduced , by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
210 ILCS 49/5-104 new
Amends the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013. Provides that for a specialized mental health rehabilitation facility licensed under the Act by December 1, 2017 or provisionally licensed under the Act by December 1, 2017, a payment shall be made for therapeutic visits that have been indicated by an interdisciplinary team as therapeutically beneficial. Provides that the payment shall be at a rate of 100% of the facility's rate on the effective date of the amendatory Act for the first 5 days. Provides that, thereafter, payment for a therapeutic visit shall be at 75% of the facility's rate on the effective date of the amendatory Act and may not exceed 30 days in a fiscal year and shall not exceed 10 days consecutively. Provides that payment to a facility for a therapeutic visit shall be available to the facility through both fee-for-service and managed care payment arrangements. Effective July 1, 2018.
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation
Act of 2013 is amended by adding Section 5-104 as follows:
(210 ILCS 49/5-104 new)
Sec. 5-104. Therapeutic visit rates. For a facility
licensed under this Act by December 1, 2017 or provisionally
licensed under this Act by December 1, 2017, a payment shall be
made for therapeutic visits that have been indicated by an
interdisciplinary team as therapeutically beneficial. Payment
under this Section shall be at a rate of 100% of the facility's
rate on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th
General Assembly for the first 5 days. Thereafter, payment for
a therapeutic visit shall be at 75% of the facility's rate on
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General
Assembly and may not exceed 30 days in a fiscal year and shall
not exceed 10 days consecutively. Payment to a facility for a
therapeutic visit shall be available to the facility through
both fee-for-service and managed care payment arrangements.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
2018.