MedicaidAdministrativeLow impact
Outreach for Persons with Developmental Disabilities
Illinois Medicaid - HFS·IL·Provider Notice
Effective date
Sep 27, 2006
We identified it
Jun 21, 2026
Summary
Illinois Department of Human Services issued a provider notice requesting healthcare providers to help connect patients with developmental disabilities to state services by referring them to resources and completing PUNS forms. This is an outreach effort to improve service coordination for developmentally disabled patients.
Action Required
No immediate billing changes required. Consider adding patient resource materials about Illinois developmental disability services (website: www.dd.illinois.gov, hotline: 1-888-337-5267) to front desk for patients with developmental disabilities and their families.