IL SR0148

Encourages Governor Rauner's Administration to prioritize securing and submitting an application for a federal planning grant under the Protecting Access to Medicare Act's Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHC) demonstration program.

Recognizes that approximately 1.5 million Illinois adults and 300,000 children have mental illness, and 850,000 adults and 62,000 youth have substance use disorders, with the majority receiving no diagnosis or treatment.

Notes that emergency room visits and psychiatric hospitalizations for untreated mental illness cost Illinois $123.3 million from 2009-2012, and that early treatment prevents school dropout, substance use, and criminal behaviors.

Directs the Department of Human Services, Department of Healthcare and Family Services, and Governor's Office to collaborate with stakeholders including mental health providers, substance use treatment facilities, federally-qualified health centers, and housing providers on the planning grant application.

Establishes that states must receive a planning grant by January 1, 2016 to be eligible to participate in the 8-state demonstration program, which provides enhanced federal matching funds for community-based mental and substance use treatment services.