MEDICAID-DIRECT BILLING

Amends the Community Services Act and the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that after the effective date of this amendatory Act, community Medicaid mental health services provided by community-based providers shall no longer be included in contracts with the Department of Human Services; instead, community Medicaid mental health services provided by a community-based provider must be billed directly to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and must be separate from contracts between the Department of Human Services and community-based providers for all other mental health services. Further provides that rates of reimbursement for community Medicaid mental health services shall be consistent with rates outlined in specified provisions of the Illinois Administrative Code. Effective July 1, 2011.