Bill Text: IL HB3249 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes: Provides that for purposes of plans administered under the State Employee Group Insurance Act of 1971, changes in coverage may only be elected during open enrollment or following a qualifying event.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-4)
Status: (Passed) 2023-07-28 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0340 [HB3249 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB3249-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 103-0340 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning employment.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Public Safety Employee Benefits Act is | ||||
amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
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(820 ILCS 320/10)
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Sec. 10. Required health coverage benefits.
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(a) An employer who employs a full-time law enforcement, | ||||
correctional or
correctional probation officer, or | ||||
firefighter, who, on or after the effective
date of this Act | ||||
suffers a catastrophic injury or is killed in the line of duty
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shall pay the entire premium of the employer's health | ||||
insurance plan for the
injured employee, the injured | ||||
employee's spouse, and for each dependent child
of the injured | ||||
employee until the child reaches the age of majority or until
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the end of the calendar year in which the child reaches the age | ||||
of 25 if the
child continues to be dependent for support or the | ||||
child is a full-time or
part-time student and is dependent for | ||||
support. An individual whose entire premium is paid in | ||||
accordance with this Section shall be offered by the employer | ||||
the choice of any health insurance plan available to currently | ||||
employed full-time law enforcement, correctional or | ||||
correctional probation officers, or firefighters. For purposes | ||||
of plans administered under the State Employee Group Insurance | ||
Act of 1971, changes in coverage may only be elected during | ||
open enrollment or following a qualifying event. The term | ||
"health insurance
plan" does not include supplemental benefits | ||
that are not part of the basic
group health insurance plan.
If | ||
the
injured employee subsequently dies, the employer shall | ||
continue to pay the
entire health insurance premium for the | ||
surviving spouse until remarried and
for the dependent | ||
children under the conditions established in this Section.
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However:
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(1) Health insurance benefits payable from any other | ||
source shall reduce
benefits payable under this Section.
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(2) It is unlawful for a person to willfully and | ||
knowingly make, or cause
to be made, or to assist, | ||
conspire with, or urge another to make, or cause to
be | ||
made, any false, fraudulent, or misleading oral or written | ||
statement to
obtain health insurance coverage as provided | ||
under this Section. A violation
of this item is a Class A | ||
misdemeanor.
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(3) Upon conviction for a violation described in item | ||
(2), a law
enforcement, correctional or correctional | ||
probation officer, or other
beneficiary who receives or | ||
seeks to receive health insurance benefits under
this | ||
Section shall forfeit the right to receive health | ||
insurance benefits and
shall reimburse the employer for | ||
all benefits paid due to the fraud or other
prohibited | ||
activity. For purposes of this item, "conviction" means a
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determination of guilt that is the result of a plea or | ||
trial, regardless of
whether adjudication is withheld.
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(b) In order for the law enforcement, correctional or | ||
correctional probation
officer, firefighter, spouse, or | ||
dependent children to be eligible for
insurance coverage under | ||
this Act, the injury or death must have occurred as
the result | ||
of the officer's response to fresh pursuit, the officer or
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firefighter's response to what is reasonably believed to be an | ||
emergency, an
unlawful act perpetrated by another, or during | ||
the investigation of a criminal
act. Nothing in this Section | ||
shall be construed to limit health insurance
coverage or | ||
pension benefits for which the officer, firefighter, spouse, | ||
or
dependent children may otherwise be eligible.
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(Source: P.A. 90-535, eff. 11-14-97.)
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