Bill Title: Provides that the Act may be referred to as the Children and Young Adult Mental Health Crisis Act. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to restructure the Family Support Program (Program) to: to enable early treatment of youth, emerging adults, and transition-age adults, as defined, with a serious mental illness or serious emotional disturbance. Contains provisions on the new hallmarks of the Program; federal Medicaid matching dollars; and other matters. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Requires a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance, or managed care plan, that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed after December 31, 2020 for the purpose of early treatment of a serious mental illness in a child or young adult under age 26 to provide coverage for: (i) coordinated specialty care for first episode psychosis treatment and (ii) assertive community treatment and community support team treatment. Contains provisions concerning adherence to the clinical models; mental health professionals; service payments; and other matters. Makes conforming changes to other Acts. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-2)

Status: (Passed) 2019-08-26 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0461 [HB2154 Detail]

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Bill Drafts

Revision	Date	Format	Source	View
Chaptered	2019-08-27	HTML/Text	Link	View
Enrolled	2019-05-30	HTML/Text	Link	View
Engrossed	2019-03-21	HTML/Text	Link	View
Introduced	2019-02-06	HTML/Text	Link	View

Amendments

Amendment	Date	Disposition	Format	Source	View
Senate Amendment 002	2019-05-10	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View
Senate Amendment 001	2019-04-30	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View

Supplemental Documents

Title	Description	Date	Format	Source	View
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