LOTTERY-DISABILITY SCRATCH-OFF

104th Regular Session Introduced by Paul Faraci

Creates a special lottery scratch-off to fund developmental disability services, with net proceeds deposited into a new DHS-administered grant fund.

Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments

Purpose

SB 1564 requires the Illinois Department of the Lottery to offer a special instant (scratch‑off) game to raise funds for services for people with developmental disabilities whenever a scratch‑off game is discontinued. The bill creates a dedicated fund for those proceeds and assigns administration and grant distribution responsibilities to the Department of Human Services (DHS).

Key provisions

Adds a new program (20 ILCS 1605/21.18) directing the Illinois Lottery to offer a special instant scratch‑off game for the benefit of the Illinois Developmental Disabilities Services Scratch‑Off Fund whenever a scratch‑off game is discontinued pursuant to Section 21.4 of the Lottery Law.

Timing and duration: the special game must commence “as soon practicable” after the discontinuation (at the Director’s discretion) and operate for five years.

Financial flows: net revenue from the special developmental‑disabilities scratch‑off game must be deposited into a newly created Illinois Developmental Disabilities Services Scratch‑Off Fund.

Administration and distribution: DHS is authorized (20 ILCS 1305/10‑80 new) to administer the Fund and to pass all moneys deposited in the Fund as grants to Independent Service Coordination agencies (as defined in the Disabilities Services Act of 2003).

Rulemaking: the Lottery Department may adopt rules necessary to implement the special game.

Conforming changes: amendments to the State Lottery Law (sections 9.3 and 20) and the State Finance Act to recognize and accommodate the new Fund and receipt/distribution provisions.

Effective immediately upon enactment.

Who is affected

Department of the Lottery: required to launch and operate the special scratch‑off game and handle related rulemaking.

Department of Human Services: will administer the new Fund and distribute grants to Independent Service Coordination agencies.

Independent Service Coordination agencies: become eligible recipients of Fund grants to support developmental‑disability services.

Individuals with developmental disabilities and their families: potential beneficiaries of additional services funded by the program.

Lottery players and retailers: will have access to the new scratch‑off game; normal prize and operational rules continue to apply.

Fiscal and implementation notes

The bill directs "net revenue" from the special game into the new Fund; the statutory text begins to define “net revenue” (sales less prizes and ...), but the provided copy is truncated. The bill does not specify projected revenue or appropriations.

Implementation requires Lottery rulemaking and DHS grant‑administration procedures; timelines depend on the Department’s discretion (“as soon practicable”) after a qualifying discontinuation event.

Open/uncertain items

The precise statutory definition of “net revenue” is incomplete in the provided excerpt.

No estimated revenue, caps, or earmarking percentages are specified.

The trigger (which discontinuations qualify) refers to Section 21.4; stakeholders should review that provision to understand when the special game must be offered.

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