Public Act 102-0178
 
HB0088 EnrolledLRB102 03807 KTG 13820 b


  
    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 
changing Section 1-10 as follows:
 



    (305 ILCS 5/1-10)



    Sec. 1-10. Drug convictions. 

    (a) Persons convicted of an offense under the Illinois 
Controlled Substances
Act, the Cannabis Control Act, or the 
Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act which is 
a Class X felony, or a Class 1 felony,
 or comparable federal 
criminal law which has as an element the
possession, use, or 
distribution of a controlled substance, as defined in
Section 
102(6) of the federal Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
802(c)),
shall not be eligible for cash assistance provided 
under this Code.

    (b) Persons convicted of
any other felony under the 
Illinois Controlled Substances Act, the Cannabis
Control Act, 
or the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act 
which is not a Class X or Class 1 felony, or comparable
federal 
criminal law which has as an element the possession, use, or

distribution of a
controlled substance, as defined in Section 
102(6) of the federal Controlled
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
802(c)), shall not be eligible for cash assistance
provided 
under this Code for 2 years from the date of conviction.  This

prohibition shall not apply if the person is in a drug 
treatment program,
aftercare program, or similar program as 
defined by rule.

    (c) Persons shall not be determined ineligible for food 
stamps provided
under this Code based upon a conviction of any 
felony or comparable federal or
State criminal law which has 
an element the possession, use or distribution of
a controlled 
substance, as defined in Section 102(6) of the federal 
Controlled Substances

Act (21 U.S.C. 802(c)).

    (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section to 
the contrary, persons shall not be determined ineligible for 
cash assistance provided under Article IV of this Code based 
upon a conviction for any drug-related felony under State or 
federal law. 
(Source: P.A. 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)

  
 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect 3 months 
after becoming law.


Effective Date:  10/30/2021