What's new from Springfield in 2025?

27/02/2025 48 min Temporada 2 Episodio 1

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Episode Synopsis

MHAI board member and retired clinical law professor Mark Heyrman walks through top mental health legislation signed into law by Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker.

Topics:
3:20 Health Care Protection Act
7:56 Appeals
11:02 The end of step therapy ("Fail First") policies
13:18 Medicaid, the state, federal partnership
16:09 Mental Health Summit
19:33 Worker shortage
23:50 Criminal justice legislation
30:24 Youth Screening
35:20 988 dedicated funding proposal
41:00 Fitness for trial
45:52 Additional changes to Prior Authorization