SB2294 Summary

• Establishes Illinois Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics Act requiring the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to develop a comprehensive statewide behavioral health strategy by July 1, 2022, addressing integrated mental health, substance use disorder, and physical health services.

• Expands Medicaid eligibility for children under 19 from 133% to 313% of federal poverty level, subject to federal approval, and makes the Children's Health Insurance Program and Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Program inoperative upon this expansion.

• Authorizes separate reimbursement for long-acting injectable medications for mental health and substance use disorders in hospital inpatient settings beginning January 1, 2022.

• Adds clinical professional counselors and marriage and family therapists as authorized service providers under Medicaid, and recognizes certified veteran support specialists as mental health professionals.

• Implements multiple healthcare service expansions including tobacco cessation coverage, dental service increases with $10 million funding, PACE program implementation for elderly care, and supports waiver program development for young adults with developmental disabilities.