HB6146 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB6146

Introduced 2/11/2010, by Rep. 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. 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.

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