Bill Text: IL SB1571 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Amends the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program. Provides that nothing in the Act may be construed to require an employer or a property and casualty insurer to reimburse a person for costs associated with the medical use of cannabis.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2015-07-10 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0031 [SB1571 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB1571-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Amends the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program. Provides that nothing in the Act may be construed to require an employer or a property and casualty insurer to reimburse a person for costs associated with the medical use of cannabis.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2015-07-10 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0031 [SB1571 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB1571-Engrossed.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning health.
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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 Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot | ||||||
5 | Program Act is amended by changing Section 40 as follows:
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6 | (410 ILCS 130/40) | ||||||
7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
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8 | Sec. 40. Discrimination prohibited.
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9 | (a)(1) No school, employer, or landlord may refuse to | ||||||
10 | enroll or lease to, or otherwise penalize, a person solely for | ||||||
11 | his or her status as a registered qualifying patient or a | ||||||
12 | registered designated caregiver, unless failing to do so would | ||||||
13 | put the school, employer, or landlord in violation of federal | ||||||
14 | law or unless failing to do so would cause it to lose a | ||||||
15 | monetary or licensing-related benefit under federal law or | ||||||
16 | rules. This does not prevent a landlord from prohibiting the | ||||||
17 | smoking of cannabis on the premises. | ||||||
18 | (2) For the purposes of medical care, including organ | ||||||
19 | transplants, a registered qualifying patient's authorized use | ||||||
20 | of cannabis in accordance with this Act is considered the | ||||||
21 | equivalent of the authorized use of any other medication used | ||||||
22 | at the direction of a physician, and may not constitute the use | ||||||
23 | of an illicit substance or otherwise disqualify a qualifying |
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1 | patient from needed medical care.
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2 | (b) A person otherwise entitled to custody of or visitation | ||||||
3 | or parenting time with a minor may not be denied that right, | ||||||
4 | and there is no presumption of neglect or child endangerment, | ||||||
5 | for conduct allowed under this Act, unless the person's actions | ||||||
6 | in relation to cannabis were such that they created an | ||||||
7 | unreasonable danger to the safety of the minor as established | ||||||
8 | by clear and convincing evidence.
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9 | (c) No school, landlord, or employer may be penalized or | ||||||
10 | denied any benefit under State law for enrolling, leasing to, | ||||||
11 | or employing a cardholder.
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12 | (d) Nothing in this Act may be construed to require a | ||||||
13 | government medical assistance program , employer, property and | ||||||
14 | casualty insurer, or private health insurer to reimburse a | ||||||
15 | person for costs associated with the medical use of cannabis.
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16 | (e) Nothing in this Act may be construed to require any | ||||||
17 | person or establishment in lawful possession of property to | ||||||
18 | allow a guest, client, customer, or visitor who is a registered | ||||||
19 | qualifying patient to use cannabis on or in that property.
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20 | (Source: P.A. 98-122, eff. 1-1-14.)
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