96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB3477

 

Introduced 2/10/2010, by Sen. John O. Jones

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
305 ILCS 5/1-10.5 new

    Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that as a condition of initial eligibility for any benefits under the Code, an applicant must pass a urine drug test. Provides that as a condition of continued eligibility for benefits, a recipient must pass a urine drug test at least once every 12 months, at a random time designated by the Department of Human Services or the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. Provides that if a recipient tests positive, the recipient is thereafter ineligible for any benefits under the Code, except that if a recipient tests positive and his or her benefits are terminated, then 6 months after the date of termination, the Department of Human Services or the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall send a notice to that person, at his or her last known address, stating that the person may again take a urine drug test and, if he or she tests negative, he or she will be eligible for any benefits under the Code for which he or she is otherwise eligible. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning public aid.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
5 adding Section 1-10.5 as follows:
 
6     (305 ILCS 5/1-10.5 new)
7     Sec. 1-10.5. Drug tests.
8     (a) As a condition of initial eligibility for any benefits
9 under this Code, an applicant must pass a urine drug test. As a
10 condition of continued eligibility for any benefits under this
11 Code, a recipient must pass a urine drug test at least once
12 every 12 months, at a random time designated by the Department
13 of Human Services or the Department of Healthcare and Family
14 Services.
15     (b) If a recipient of benefits under this Code who takes a
16 urine drug test as required under subsection (a) tests
17 positive, the recipient is thereafter ineligible for any
18 benefits under this Code except as otherwise provided in this
19 subsection. If a recipient tests positive and his or her
20 benefits under this Code are terminated, then 6 months after
21 the date of termination, the Department of Human Services or
22 the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall send a
23 notice to that person, at his or her last known address,

 

 

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1 stating that the person may again take a urine drug test and,
2 if he or she tests negative, he or she will be eligible for any
3 benefits under this Code for which he or she is otherwise
4 eligible. If the person takes a urine drug test and tests
5 negative, the person is thereupon eligible for any benefits
6 under this Code for which he or she is otherwise eligible.
 
7     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8 becoming law.