Illinois Supportive Living Program (SLP)

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FAQs

SLP Initial Screens will be submitted electronically through AssessmentPro for all prospective residents. The Maximus SLP Initial Screen includes the OBRA-1 items Illinois.

AssessmentPro is our CMS-trusted electronic based application that allows 24-hour a day access.

SLP Initial Screen must occur to identify individuals for whom there may be a reasonable basis to suspect that they have a serious mental illness (SMI), an intellectual disability (ID), or a developmental disability (DD).

Screen outcomes:

  • Any negative screen will receive an automatic approval.
  • A screen showing reasonable basis to suspect a person has an ID/DD will be referred to the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS)/Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD) for an assessment.
  • A screen showing reasonable basis to suspect a person has a SMI will be referred to Maximus to conduct a Specialized Mental Health Assessment on behalf of IDHS/Division of Mental Health (DMH). 

Everyone seeking admission into a SLP needs a SLP Initial Screen submitted before their admission. This includes cases where the person is seeking entry due to:

  • 1st time participation
  • Out of state admission
  • Hospital emergency or outpatient admission
  • Caregiver no longer available
  • Hospice
  • Transfers from a SLP to a SLP or a NF to a SLP
  • Expiration of a prior screen or assessment which was not used for admission
  • Conversions (private pay to Medicaid)
  • Admission interview discovery of previously unknown MI/DD indicators (even if the SLP Initial Screen did not show indicators)

*Note: Some of the above situations allow for the DON processes to occur post admission. However, in all cases, minimally, the SLP Initial Screen must be submitted preadmission.

Outcome notices will be provided to the interested person, any applicable guardian, the screen source and the prospective SLP.

Please note:

Additional evaluation is needed if the person has not yet been determined to meet the level of care necessary to enter a SLP setting using the Illinois Determination of Need (DON) tool. This evaluation process also includes a discussion of your individual choices and preferences for care including home and community-based waiver services as an alternative to institutional level of care.

Furthermore, SLP settings must also conduct a standardized interview to determine if the person’s overall needs can be met by their particular establishment. The SLP setting’s interview must be conducted prior to occupancy, but not before the DON, and other required preadmission processes (such as the screen) have been completed and determinations provided.

When the SLP Initial Screen is submitted a DON referral will be automatically queued for the CCU to conduct. The CCU and the screen submitter and/or the SLP will work together to coordinate receipt of the person’s DON score, including sharing the 2536 where appropriate.

Maximus conducts SLP Comprehensive assessments for those with known or suspected SMI and will do so within 72 hours or less from receipt of the referral.