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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB3751

Introduced 2/5/2026, by Sen. Laura Fine

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

305 ILCS 66/20-10

Amends the Rebuild Illinois Mental Health Workforce Act. Provides
that, subject to federal approval, for dates of service on and after July
1, 2026, the Medicaid reimbursement rates for Assertive Community
Treatment and Community Support Team services shall be increased by an
amount appropriated for the purposes enumerated in the Act. Effective July
1, 2026.
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A BILL FOR

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AN ACT concerning public aid.

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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:

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Section 5.
The Rebuild Illinois Mental Health Workforce
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Act is amended by changing Section 20-10 as follows:

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(305 ILCS 66/20-10)
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Sec. 20-10.
Medicaid funding for community mental health
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services.
Medicaid funding for the specific community mental
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health services listed in this Act shall be adjusted and paid
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as set forth in this Act. Such payments shall be paid in
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addition to the base Medicaid reimbursement rate and add-on
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payment rates per service unit.
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(a) The
following
payment adjustments shall begin on July
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1, 2022 for State Fiscal Year 2023 and shall continue for every
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State fiscal year thereafter.
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(1) Individual Therapy Medicaid Payment rate for
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services provided under the H0004 Code:
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(A) The Medicaid total payment rate for individual
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therapy provided by a qualified mental health
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professional shall be increased by no less than $9 per
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service unit.
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(B) The Medicaid total payment rate for individual
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therapy provided by a mental health professional shall

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be increased by no less than $9 per service unit.
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(2) Community Support - Individual Medicaid Payment
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rate for services provided under the H2015 Code: All
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community support - individual services shall be increased
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by no less than $15 per service unit.
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(3) Case Management Medicaid Add-on Payment for
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services provided under the T1016 code: All case
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management services rates shall be increased by no less
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than $15 per service unit.
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(4) Assertive Community Treatment Medicaid Add-on
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Payment for services provided under the H0039 code: The
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Medicaid total payment rate for assertive community
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treatment services shall increase by no less than $8 per
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service unit.
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(b)

(5)
Medicaid user-based directed payments.
The
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following directed payments shall be paid to qualifying
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providers for State Fiscal Year 2023 through State Fiscal Year
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2026.

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(1)

(A)
For each State fiscal year, a monthly directed
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payment shall be paid to a community mental health
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provider of community support team services based on the
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number of Medicaid users of community support team
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services documented by Medicaid fee-for-service and
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managed care encounter claims delivered by that provider
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in the base year. The Department of Healthcare and Family
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Services shall make the monthly directed payment to each

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provider entitled to directed payments under this Act by
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no later than the last day of each month throughout each
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State fiscal year.
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(A)

(i)
The monthly directed payment for a
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community support team provider shall be calculated as
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follows: The sum total number of individual Medicaid
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users of community support team services delivered by
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that provider throughout the base year, multiplied by
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$4,200 per Medicaid user, divided into 12 equal
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monthly payments for the State fiscal year.
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(B)

(ii)
As used in this subparagraph, "user"
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means an individual who received at least 200 units of
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community support team services (H2016) during the
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base year.
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(2)

(B)
For each State fiscal year, a monthly directed
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payment shall be paid to each community mental health
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provider of assertive community treatment services based
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on the number of Medicaid users of assertive community
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treatment services documented by Medicaid fee-for-service
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and managed care encounter claims delivered by the
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provider in the base year.
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(A)

(i)
The monthly direct payment for an
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assertive community treatment provider shall be
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calculated as follows: The sum total number of
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Medicaid users of assertive community treatment
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services provided by that provider throughout the base

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year, multiplied by $6,000 per Medicaid user, divided
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into 12 equal monthly payments for that State fiscal
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year.
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(B)

(ii)
As used in this subparagraph, "user"
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means an individual that received at least 300 units
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of assertive community treatment services during the
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base year.
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(3)

(C)
The base year for directed payments under this
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Section shall be calendar year 2019 for State Fiscal Year
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2023 and State Fiscal Year 2024. For the State fiscal year
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beginning on July 1, 2024, and for every State fiscal year
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thereafter, the base year shall be the calendar year that
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ended 18 months prior to the start of the State fiscal year
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in which payments are made.
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(b-5)

(b)
Subject to federal approval, a one-time directed
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payment must be made in calendar year 2023 for community
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mental health services provided by community mental health
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providers. The one-time directed payment shall be for an
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amount appropriated for these purposes. The one-time directed
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payment shall be for services for Integrated Assessment and
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Treatment Planning and other intensive services, including,
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but not limited to, services for Mobile Crisis Response,
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crisis intervention, and medication monitoring. The amounts
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and services used for designing and distributing these
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one-time directed payments shall not be construed to require
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any future rate or funding increases for the same or other

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mental health services.
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(b-6) Subject to federal approval, for dates of service on
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and after July 1, 2026, the Medicaid reimbursement rates for
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Assertive Community Treatment and Community Support Team
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services shall be increased by an amount appropriated for the
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purposes enumerated in this Act.

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(c) The following payment adjustments shall be made:
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(1) Subject to federal approval, beginning on January
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1, 2024, the Department shall introduce rate increases to
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behavioral health services no less than by the following
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targeted pool for the specified services provided by
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community mental health centers:
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(A) Mobile Crisis Response, $6,800,000;
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(B) Crisis Intervention, $4,000,000;
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(C) Integrative Assessment and Treatment Planning
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services, $10,500,000;
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(D) Group Therapy, $1,200,000;
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(E) Family Therapy, $500,000;
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(F) Community Support Group, $4,000,000; and
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(G) Medication Monitoring, $3,000,000.
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(2) Rate increases shall be determined with
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significant input from Illinois behavioral health trade
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associations and advocates. The Department must use
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service units delivered under the fee-for-service and
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managed care programs by community mental health centers
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during State Fiscal Year 2022. These services are used for

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distributing the targeted pools and setting rates but do
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not prohibit the Department from paying providers not
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enrolled as community mental health centers the same rate
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if providing the same services.
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(d) Rate simplification for team-based services.
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(1) The Department shall work with stakeholders to
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redesign reimbursement rates for behavioral health
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team-based services established under the Rehabilitation
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Option of the Illinois Medicaid State Plan supporting
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individuals with chronic or complex behavioral health
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conditions and crisis services. Subject to federal
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approval, the redesigned rates shall seek to introduce
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bundled payment systems that minimize provider claiming
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activities while transitioning the focus of treatment
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towards metrics and outcomes. Federally approved rate
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models shall seek to ensure reimbursement levels are no
17

less than the State's total reimbursement for similar
18

services in calendar year 2023, including all service
19

level payments, add-ons, and all other payments specified
20

in this Section.
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(2) In State Fiscal Year 2024, the Department shall
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identify an existing, or establish a new, Behavioral
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Health Outcomes Stakeholder Workgroup to help inform the
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identification of metrics and outcomes for team-based
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services.
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(3) In State Fiscal Year 2025, subject to federal

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approval, the Department shall introduce a
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pay-for-performance model for team-based services to be
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informed by the Behavioral Health Outcomes Stakeholder
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Workgroup.
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(Source: P.A. 102-699, eff. 4-19-22; 102-1118, eff. 1-18-23;
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103-102, eff. 7-1-23; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23.)

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Section 99.
Effective date.
This Act takes effect July 1,
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2026.

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