Bill Text: IL HB2976 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Collateral Provisions Article of the Illinois Pension Code. For the City of Chicago, provides that an ordinance providing policemen and firemen with medical care and hospital treatment for accidents resulting in injury or death shall provide (1) a requirement to notify an injured employee whether he or she is entitled to benefits under the provision within a reasonable period of time after the accident causing the injury and (2) a requirement that the city provide the injured employee with benefits prior to issuing that notice, regardless of the determination made by the city. Preempts home rule powers. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-05-21 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan "Yoni" Pizer [HB2976 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB2976-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 22-306 as follows:
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6 | (40 ILCS 5/22-306) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 22-306)
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7 | Sec. 22-306.
The corporate authorities of any city or the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | village may provide by
ordinance that in case of an accident | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | resulting in an injury to or death of
a policeman or fireman in | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | the employ of such city or village while in the
performance of | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | his duties, the officer at the head of the department or
such | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | other officer as may be designated may secure and provide | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | proper
medical care and hospital treatment for any such | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | policeman or fireman. The
city or village may incur the expense | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | aforesaid and appropriate and pay for
the same. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | For a city with a population of more than 1,000,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | inhabitants, an ordinance providing policeman and fireman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | medical care and hospital treatment under this Section shall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | provide:
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20 | (1) a requirement to notify an injured employee whether | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | he or she is entitled to benefits under this Section within | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | a reasonable period of time after the accident causing the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | injury; and |
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1 | (2) a requirement that the city provide the injured | ||||||
2 | employee with benefits under this Section prior to issuing | ||||||
3 | the required notice in paragraph (1), regardless of the | ||||||
4 | determination made by the city. | ||||||
5 | If any such accident shall be due to the negligence of some | ||||||
6 | person or
corporation that would be liable in damages therefor, | ||||||
7 | the city or village
may recover any expense of medical care and | ||||||
8 | hospital treatment expended by
it from the person or | ||||||
9 | corporation liable.
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10 | The corporate authorities of any city or village may | ||||||
11 | provide by
ordinance for the payment by said city or village of | ||||||
12 | all or any part of the
cost of a hospital plan or | ||||||
13 | medical-surgical plan, or both, for the
dependents of any | ||||||
14 | policeman or fireman killed in the line of duty or who
dies as | ||||||
15 | the result of duty connected injuries, and for any policeman or
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16 | fireman and his dependents, provided his retirement is caused | ||||||
17 | by a duty
injury or occupational disease disability and for any | ||||||
18 | policeman and fireman
and his dependents, provided he has | ||||||
19 | reached compulsory retirement age or
has served in the employ | ||||||
20 | of the city or village for at least 20 years.
"Dependent" as | ||||||
21 | used in this paragraph shall mean the wife of the policeman
or | ||||||
22 | fireman and his minor children less than 20 years of age and | ||||||
23 | living at
home and dependent on the policeman or fireman for | ||||||
24 | support.
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25 | This amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly applies | ||||||
26 | only to a city that is a home rule unit with a population of |
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1 | more than 1,000,000 inhabitants and is a limitation under | ||||||
2 | subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois | ||||||
3 | Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of | ||||||
4 | powers and functions exercised by the State. | ||||||
5 | This amendatory Act of 1971 does not apply to any city or | ||||||
6 | village which
is a home rule unit.
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7 | (Source: P.A. 77-754.)
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8 | Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | ||||||
9 | Section 8.43 as follows:
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10 | (30 ILCS 805/8.43 new) | ||||||
11 | Sec. 8.43. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 | ||||||
12 | of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | ||||||
13 | implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of | ||||||
14 | the 101st General Assembly.
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15 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
16 | becoming law.
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