Chapter 410, PUBLIC HEALTH

(410 ILCS 705/1-1) Sec. 1-1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. (Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19.)

(410 ILCS 705/1-10) Sec. 1-10. Definitions. In this Act: "Adequate medical supply" means 2.5 ounces of usable cannabis during a period of 14 days that is derived solely from an intrastate source. Subject to the rules of the Department of Public Health, a patient may apply for a w…

(410 ILCS 705/1-5) Sec. 1-5. Findings. (a) In the interest of allowing law enforcement to focus on violent and property crimes, generating revenue for education, substance abuse prevention and treatment, freeing public resources to invest in communities and other public purposes,…

(410 ILCS 705/1-7) Sec. 1-7. Lawful user and lawful products. For the purposes of this Act and to clarify the legislative findings on the lawful use of cannabis, a person shall not be considered an unlawful user or addicted to narcotics solely as a result of his or her possession…

(410 ILCS 67/5-1) Sec. 5-1. Short title. This Article may be cited as the Community Health Worker Certification and Reimbursement Act. References in this Article to "this Act" mean this Article. (Source: P.A. 102-4, eff. 4-27-21.)

(410 ILCS 705/5-10) Sec. 5-10. Department of Agriculture. The Department of Agriculture shall administer and enforce provisions of this Act relating to the oversight and registration of cultivation centers, craft growers, infuser organizations, and transporting organizations and …

(410 ILCS 67/5-10) Sec. 5-10. Community health worker training. (a) Community health workers shall be provided with multi-tiered academic and community-based training opportunities that lead to the mastery of community health worker core competencies. (b) For academic-based train…

(410 ILCS 705/5-15) Sec. 5-15. Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. The Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall enforce the provisions of this Act relating to the oversight and registration of dispensing organizations and agents, including the is…

(410 ILCS 67/5-17) Sec. 5-17. Community Health Workers Review Board. (a) A Community Health Workers Review Board shall be established to advise the Department of Public Health as it seeks to develop an Illinois Community Health Worker Certification Program. The scope includes rul…

(410 ILCS 67/5-20) Sec. 5-20. Reimbursement. Community health worker services shall be covered under the medical assistance program, subject to appropriation, for persons who are otherwise eligible for medical assistance. The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall dev…

(410 ILCS 705/5-20) Sec. 5-20. Background checks. (a) Through the Illinois State Police, the licensing or issuing Department shall conduct a criminal history record check of the prospective principal officers, board members, and agents of a cannabis business establishment applyin…

(410 ILCS 67/5-23) Sec. 5-23. Certification. Certification shall not be required for employment of community health workers. Noncertified community health workers may be employed through funding sources outside of the medical assistance program. (Source: P.A. 102-4, eff. 4-27-21.…

(410 ILCS 67/5-25) Sec. 5-25. Rules. The Department of Public Health and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services may adopt rules for the implementation and administration of this Act. (Source: P.A. 102-4, eff. 4-27-21.)

(410 ILCS 705/5-25) Sec. 5-25. Department of Public Health to make health warning recommendations. (a) The Department of Public Health shall make recommendations to the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation on appropriate health war…

(410 ILCS 705/5-30) Sec. 5-30. Department of Human Services. The Department of Human Services shall identify evidence-based programs for preventive mental health, the prevention or treatment of alcohol abuse, tobacco use, illegal drug use (including prescription drugs), and canna…

(410 ILCS 705/5-45) Sec. 5-45. Illinois Cannabis Regulation Oversight Officer. (a) The position of Illinois Cannabis Regulation Oversight Officer is created within the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation under the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation…

(410 ILCS 705/5-5) Sec. 5-5. Sharing of authority. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any authority granted to any State agency or State employees or appointees under the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act shall be shared by any State agency or S…

(410 ILCS 67/5-5) Sec. 5-5. Definition. In this Act, "community health worker" means a frontline public health worker who is a trusted member or has an unusually close understanding of the community served. This trusting relationship enables the community health worker to serve a…

(410 ILCS 705/7-1) Sec. 7-1. Findings. (a) The General Assembly finds that the medical cannabis industry, established in 2014 through the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act, has shown that additional efforts are needed to reduce barriers to ownership. Through that …

(410 ILCS 705/7-10) Sec. 7-10. Cannabis Business Development Fund. (a) There is created in the State treasury a special fund, which shall be held separate and apart from all other State moneys, to be known as the Cannabis Business Development Fund. The Cannabis Business Developme…

(410 ILCS 705/7-15) (Text of Section from P.A. 104-463) Sec. 7-15. Loans, financial assistance, and grants to Qualified Social Equity Applicants and Social Equity Lottery Licensees. (a) The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall establish grant, loan, and financial…

(410 ILCS 705/7-20) Sec. 7-20. Fee waivers. (a) For Social Equity Applicants and any dispensing organization issued an adult use dispensing organization license pursuant to a lottery conducted under subsection (c) of Section 15-35.20 of this Act, the Department of Financial and P…

(410 ILCS 705/7-25) Sec. 7-25. Transfer of license awarded to Qualified Social Equity Applicant. (a) In the event a Qualified Social Equity Applicant seeks to transfer, sell, or grant a cannabis business establishment license within 5 years after it was issued to a person or enti…

(410 ILCS 705/7-30) Sec. 7-30. Reporting. By January 1, 2021, and on January 1 of every year thereafter, or upon request by the Illinois Cannabis Regulation Oversight Officer, each cannabis business establishment licensed under this Act and the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannab…

(410 ILCS 522/10-1) Sec. 10-1. Short title. This Article may be cited as the Illinois Adverse Health Care Events Reporting Law of 2005. References in this Article to "this Law" mean this Article. (Source: P.A. 94-242, eff. 7-18-05.)

(410 ILCS 522/10-10) Sec. 10-10. Definitions. As used in this Law, the following terms have the following meanings: "Adverse health care event" means any event identified as a serious reportable event by the National Quality Forum and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service…

(410 ILCS 705/10-10) Sec. 10-10. Possession limit. (a) Except if otherwise authorized by this Act, for a person who is 21 years of age or older and a resident of this State, the possession limit is as follows: (1) 60 grams of cannabis flower; (2) no more than 1000 milligrams of T…

(410 ILCS 705/10-15) Sec. 10-15. Persons under 21 years of age. (a) Nothing in this Act is intended to permit the transfer of cannabis, with or without remuneration, to a person under 21 years of age, or to allow a person under 21 years of age to purchase, possess, use, process, …

(410 ILCS 522/10-15) Sec. 10-15. Health care facility requirements to report, analyze, and correct. (a) Reports of adverse health care events required. Each health care facility shall report to the Department the occurrence of any adverse health care events no later than 30 days …

(410 ILCS 522/10-20) Sec. 10-20. Root cause analysis; corrective action plan. Following the occurrence of an adverse health care event, the health care facility must conduct a root cause analysis of the event. Following the analysis, the health care facility must (i) implement a …

(410 ILCS 705/10-20) Sec. 10-20. Identification; false identification; penalty. (a) To protect personal privacy, the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall not require a purchaser to provide a dispensing organization with personal information other than governm…

(410 ILCS 705/10-25) Sec. 10-25. Immunities and presumptions related to the use of cannabis by purchasers. (a) A purchaser who is 21 years of age or older is not subject to arrest, prosecution, denial of any right or privilege, or other punishment including, but not limited to, a…

(410 ILCS 522/10-25) Sec. 10-25. Confidentiality. Other than the annual report required under paragraph (4) of Section 10-35 of this Law, adverse health care event reports, findings of root cause analyses, and corrective action plans filed by a health care facility under this Law…

(410 ILCS 522/10-30) Sec. 10-30. Establishment of reporting system. (a) The Department shall establish an adverse health event reporting system that will be fully operational by January 1, 2008 and designed to facilitate quality improvement in the health care system through commu…

(410 ILCS 705/10-30) Sec. 10-30. Discrimination prohibited. (a) Neither the presence of cannabinoid components or metabolites in a person's bodily fluids nor possession of cannabis-related paraphernalia, nor conduct related to the use of cannabis or the participation in cannabis-…

(410 ILCS 522/10-35) Sec. 10-35. Analysis of reports; communication of findings. The Department shall do the following: (1) Analyze adverse event reports, corrective action plans, and findings of the root cause analyses to determine patterns of systemic failure in the health care…

(410 ILCS 705/10-35) Sec. 10-35. Limitations and penalties. (a) This Act does not permit any person to engage in, and does not prevent the imposition of any civil, criminal, or other penalties for engaging in, any of the following conduct: (1) undertaking any task under the influ…

(410 ILCS 522/10-40) Sec. 10-40. Health Care Event Reporting Advisory Committee. The Department shall appoint a 9-person Health Care Event Reporting Advisory Committee with at least one member from each of the following statewide organizations: one representing hospitals; one rep…

(410 ILCS 705/10-40) Sec. 10-40. Restore, Reinvest, and Renew Program. (a) The General Assembly finds that in order to address the disparities described below, aggressive approaches and targeted resources to support local design and control of community-based responses to these o…

(410 ILCS 522/10-45) Sec. 10-45. Testing period. (a) Prior to the testing period in subsection (b), the Department shall adopt rules for implementing this Law in consultation with the Health Care Event Reporting Advisory Committee and individuals who have experience and expertise…

(410 ILCS 705/10-45) Sec. 10-45. Cannabis Equity Commission. (a) The Cannabis Equity Commission is created and shall reflect the diversity of the State of Illinois, including geographic, racial, and ethnic diversity. The Cannabis Equity Commission shall be responsible for the fol…

(410 ILCS 705/10-5) Sec. 10-5. Personal use of cannabis; restrictions on cultivation; penalties. (a) Beginning January 1, 2020, notwithstanding any other provision of law, and except as otherwise provided in this Act, the following acts are not a violation of this Act and shall n…

(410 ILCS 522/10-5) Sec. 10-5. Purpose. The sole purpose of this Law is to establish an adverse health care event reporting system designed to facilitate quality improvement in the health care system through communication and collaboration between the Department and health care f…

(410 ILCS 705/10-50) Sec. 10-50. Employment; employer liability. (a) Nothing in this Act shall prohibit an employer from adopting reasonable zero tolerance or drug free workplace policies, or employment policies concerning drug testing, smoking, consumption, storage, or use of ca…

(410 ILCS 522/10-50) Sec. 10-50. Validity of public reports. None of the information the Department discloses to the public may be made available in any form or fashion unless such information is shared with the health care facilities under review prior to public dissemination of…

(410 ILCS 705/15-10) Sec. 15-10. Medical cannabis dispensing organization. Beginning 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, this Article does not apply to medical cannabis dispensing organizations registered pursuant to Section 15-1…

(410 ILCS 705/15-100) Sec. 15-100. Security. (a) A dispensing organization shall implement security measures to deter and prevent entry into and theft of cannabis or currency. (b) A dispensing organization shall submit any changes to the floor plan or security plan to the Departm…

(410 ILCS 705/15-110) Sec. 15-110. Recordkeeping. (a) Dispensing organization records must be maintained electronically for 3 years and be available for inspection by the Department upon request. Required written records include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) Operati…

(410 ILCS 705/15-120) Sec. 15-120. Closure of a dispensary. (a) If a dispensing organization decides not to renew its license or decides to close its business, it shall promptly notify the Department not less than 3 months before the effective date of the closing date or as other…

(410 ILCS 705/15-125) Sec. 15-125. Fees. After January 1, 2022, the Department may by rule modify any fee established under this Article. (Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19.)