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| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB1708 Introduced 2/20/2015, by Sen. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| | 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 drug screening. Provides that as a condition of continued eligibility for benefits, a recipient must pass random drug screenings as prescribed by the Department of Human Services or the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. Exempts residents of a facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act or the ID/DD Community Care Act from the required drug screenings. Effective immediately.
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| | SB1708 | | LRB099 08758 KTG 28926 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning public aid.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 1-10.5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (305 ILCS 5/1-10.5 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 1-10.5. Drug screening. As a condition of initial |
| 8 | | eligibility for any benefits under this Code, an applicant must |
| 9 | | pass a drug screening. As a condition of continued eligibility |
| 10 | | for any benefits under this Code, a recipient must pass random |
| 11 | | drug screenings as prescribed by the Department of Human |
| 12 | | Services or the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. |
| 13 | | The drug screening required by this Section does not apply to
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| 14 | | residents of a facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care
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| 15 | | Act or the ID/DD Community Care Act.
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| 16 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 17 | | becoming law.
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