SB1708 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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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:

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 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.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning public aid.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by adding Section 1-10.5 as follows:

(305 ILCS 5/1-10.5 new)

Sec. 1-10.5. Drug screening. As a condition of initial eligibility for any benefits under this Code, an applicant must pass a drug screening. As a condition of continued eligibility for any benefits under this Code, a recipient must pass random drug screenings as prescribed by the Department of Human Services or the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. The drug screening required by this Section does not apply to residents of a facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act or the ID/DD Community Care Act.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.