Bill Text: IL SB1708 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-24 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB1708 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SB1708-Introduced.html

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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.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
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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.