Between 2009 and 2012, Illinois cut $113.7 million in funding from mental health services.
Mental health conditions affect over 2.5 million people across Illinois, including more than 850,000 children and young adults under the age of 25.
Only about one-third of those who need treatment receive it.
85 of the 102 counties in the state have a chronic shortage of behavioral health workers including psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers. An area with a shortage of mental health providers and/or behavioral health workers is known as a shortage area.
4,887,262 people in Illinois (38% of the state population) reside in designated shortage areas and/or are served by a facility with shortages of behavioral health care professionals
Just one psychiatric hospitalization costs, on average, an estimated $6,328 ($944/day).
75% of people without health insurance in illinois could not afford mental health treatment, and 40.4% of those with private insurance could not afford mental health treatment
Most private practices do not accept Medicaid. Medicaid reimbursement rates have remained flat for years, meaning fewer psychologists and psychiatrists are willing to see mentally ill patients.
Medicaid enrollees with mental health and substance use conditions make up 25% of Illinois’
Medicaid population but drive 56% of the state’s total Medicaid costs because the early treatment is
inaccessible for many.
Cook County Jail has become the largest mental health provider in Illinois. Of approximately 76,400 people who were admitted to Cook County Jail in 2012, 45,840 (⅗) were people with a mental illness.
Illinois prisons house over 25,000 people with untreated mental health conditions, costing state taxpayers $1.4 billion every year
75% of people without health insurance in illinois could not afford mental health treatment, and 40.4% of those with private insurance could not afford mental health treatment
Most private practices do not accept medicaid. Illinois has one of the lowest Medicaid-to-Medicare fee ratios, which may further limit physician’s willingness to accept Medicaid patients. This can be a barrier for these patients to obtain access to mental health care.
Currently, Illinois has 76 fulltime equivalent behavioral health care professionals in designated shortage areas and facilities with behavioral health care professional shortages. In order to address the shortage issue, 225 more full-time professionals are needed in these areas, 13 of whom are needed in correctional facilities.
4,887,262 people in Illinois (38% of the state population) reside in designated shortage areas and/or are served by a facility with shortages of behavioral health care professionals
Cook County Jail has become the largest mental health provider in Illinois. Of approximately 76,400 people who were admitted to Cook County Jail in 2012, 45,840 were people with a mental illness.
Medicaid reimbursement rates have remained flat for years, meaning fewer psychologists and psychiatrists are willing to see mentally ill patients, and at the same time the number of medical practitioners in these areas have dramatically declined throughout the state.
85 of the 102 counties in the state have a chronic shortage of behavioral health workers including psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers.
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