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1    AN ACT concerning health.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot 
5Program Act is amended  by changing Section 40 as follows:
 
6    (410 ILCS 130/40)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)

8    Sec. 40. Discrimination prohibited.
 
9    (a)(1) No school, employer, or landlord may refuse to 
10enroll or lease to, or otherwise penalize, a person solely for 
11his or her status as a registered qualifying patient or a 
12registered designated caregiver, unless failing to do so would 
13put the school, employer, or landlord in violation of federal 
14law or unless failing to do so would cause it to lose a 
15monetary or licensing-related benefit under federal law or 
16rules. This does not prevent a landlord from prohibiting the 
17smoking of cannabis on the premises.  
18    (2) For the purposes of medical care, including organ 
19transplants, a registered qualifying patient's authorized use 
20of cannabis in accordance with this Act is considered the 
21equivalent of the authorized use of any other medication used 
22at the direction of a physician, and may not constitute the use 
23of an illicit substance or otherwise disqualify a qualifying 
 
 
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1patient from needed medical care.


2    (b) A person otherwise entitled to custody of or visitation 
3or parenting time with a minor may not be denied that right, 
4and there is no presumption of neglect or child endangerment, 
5for conduct allowed under this Act, unless the person's actions 
6in relation to cannabis were such that they created an 
7unreasonable danger to the safety of the minor as established 
8by clear and convincing evidence.

9    (c) No school, landlord, or employer may be penalized or 
10denied any benefit under State law for enrolling, leasing to, 
11or employing a cardholder.


12    (d) Nothing in this Act may be construed to require a 
13government medical assistance program, employer, property and 
14casualty insurer, or private health insurer to reimburse a 
15person for costs associated with the medical use of cannabis.


16    (e) Nothing in this Act may be construed to require any 
17person or establishment in lawful possession of property to 
18allow a guest, client, customer, or visitor who is a registered 
19qualifying patient to use cannabis on or in that property.


20(Source: P.A. 98-122, eff. 1-1-14.)