Full Text of SB1571 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning health.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot | 5 | | Program Act is amended by changing Section 40 as follows: | 6 | | (410 ILCS 130/40) | 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
| 8 | | Sec. 40. Discrimination prohibited.
| 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.
| 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.
| 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.
| 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.
| 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.
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 98-122, eff. 1-1-14.)
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