Bill Text: IL HB3390 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Amends the Condominium Property Act. Provides that the board of managers has the authority to install solar energy devices and wind energy devices on the common elements; provided that solar or wind energy devices may not be installed upon any limited common element without the consent of the owner or owners of the unit or units for which use of the limited common element is reserved. Provides that the installation of solar energy devices and wind energy devices on the common elements by the board shall not be deemed to alter, impair, or diminish the common interest, common elements, or easements appurtenant to each unit or to be a structural alteration or addition to the property, provided that the installation does not directly affect any nonconsenting unit owner. Defines "directly affect", "solar energy device", and "wind energy device". Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-06-28 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0040 [HB3390 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB3390-Amended.html

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Sen. John G. Mulroe

Filed: 5/6/2013

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3390
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3390 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Workers' Compensation Act is amended by
changing Sections 5, 8, 8.1b, 9, 14, 15a, 16a, 19, 19a, and 20
as follows:
(820 ILCS 305/5) (from Ch. 48, par. 138.5)
(Text of Section WITHOUT the changes made by P.A. 89-7,
which has been held unconstitutional)
Sec. 5. (a) No common law or statutory right to recover
damages from the employer, his insurer, his broker, any service
organization that is wholly owned retained by the employer, his
insurer or his broker and that provides to provide safety
service, advice or recommendations for the employer or the
agents or employees of any of them for injury or death
sustained by any employee while engaged in the line of his duty

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as such employee, other than the compensation herein provided,
is available to any employee who is covered by the provisions
of this Act, to any one wholly or partially dependent upon him,
the legal representatives of his estate, or any one otherwise
entitled to recover damages for such injury.
However, in any action now pending or hereafter begun to
enforce a common law or statutory right to recover damages for
negligently causing the injury or death of any employee it is
not necessary to allege in the complaint that either the
employee or the employer or both were not governed by the
provisions of this Act or of any similar Act in force in this
or any other State.
Any illegally employed minor or his legal representatives
shall, except as hereinafter provided, have the right within 6
months after the time of injury or death, or within 6 months
after the appointment of a legal representative, whichever
shall be later, to file with the Commission a rejection of his
right to the benefits under this Act, in which case such
illegally employed minor or his legal representatives shall
have the right to pursue his or their common law or statutory
remedies to recover damages for such injury or death.
No payment of compensation under this Act shall be made to
an illegally employed minor, or his legal representatives,
unless such payment and the waiver of his right to reject the
benefits of this Act has first been approved by the Commission
or any member thereof, and if such payment and the waiver of

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his right of rejection has been so approved such payment is a
bar to a subsequent rejection of the provisions of this Act.
(b) Where the injury or death for which compensation is
payable under this Act was caused under circumstances creating
a legal liability for damages on the part of some person other
than his employer to pay damages, then legal proceedings may be
taken against such other person to recover damages
notwithstanding such employer's payment of or liability to pay
compensation under this Act. In such case, however, if the
action against such other person is brought by the injured
employee or his personal representative and judgment is
obtained and paid, or settlement is made with such other
person, either with or without suit, then from the amount
received by such employee or personal representative there
shall be paid to the employer the amount of compensation paid
or to be paid by him to such employee or personal
representative including amounts paid or to be paid pursuant to
paragraph (a) of Section 8 of this Act.
Out of any reimbursement received by the employer pursuant
to this Section the employer shall pay his pro rata share of
all costs and reasonably necessary expenses in connection with
such third-party claim, action or suit and where the services
of an attorney at law of the employee or dependents have
resulted in or substantially contributed to the procurement by
suit, settlement or otherwise of the proceeds out of which the
employer is reimbursed, then, in the absence of other

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agreement, the employer shall pay such attorney 25% of the
gross amount of such reimbursement.
If the injured employee or his personal representative
agrees to receive compensation from the employer or accept from
the employer any payment on account of such compensation, or to
institute proceedings to recover the same, the employer may
have or claim a lien upon any award, judgment or fund out of
which such employee might be compensated from such third party.
In such actions brought by the employee or his personal
representative, he shall forthwith notify his employer by
personal service or registered mail, of such fact and of the
name of the court in which the suit is brought, filing proof
thereof in the action. The employer may, at any time thereafter
join in the action upon his motion so that all orders of court
after hearing and judgment shall be made for his protection. No
release or settlement of claim for damages by reason of such
injury or death, and no satisfaction of judgment in such
proceedings shall be valid without the written consent of both
employer and employee or his personal representative, except in
the case of the employers, such consent is not required where
the employer has been fully indemnified or protected by Court
order.
In the event the employee or his personal representative
fails to institute a proceeding against such third person at
any time prior to 3 months before such action would be barred,
the employer may in his own name or in the name of the

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employee, or his personal representative, commence a
proceeding against such other person for the recovery of
damages on account of such injury or death to the employee, and
out of any amount recovered the employer shall pay over to the
injured employee or his personal representatives all sums
collected from such other person by judgment or otherwise in
excess of the amount of such compensation paid or to be paid
under this Act, including amounts paid or to be paid pursuant
to paragraph (a) of Section 8 of this Act, and costs,
attorney's fees and reasonable expenses as may be incurred by
such employer in making such collection or in enforcing such
liability.
(Source: P.A. 79-79.)
(820 ILCS 305/8) (from Ch. 48, par. 138.8)
Sec. 8. The amount of compensation which shall be paid to
the employee for an accidental injury not resulting in death
is:
(a) The employer shall provide and pay the negotiated rate,
if applicable, or the lesser of the health care provider's
actual charges or according to a fee schedule, subject to
Section 8.2, in effect at the time the service was rendered for
all the necessary first aid, medical and surgical services, and
all necessary medical, surgical and hospital services
thereafter incurred, limited, however, to that which is
reasonably required to cure or relieve from the effects of the

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accidental injury, even if a health care provider sells,
transfers, or otherwise assigns an account receivable for
procedures, treatments, or services covered under this Act. If
the employer does not dispute payment of first aid, medical,
surgical, and hospital services, the employer shall make such
payment to the provider on behalf of the employee. The employer
shall also pay for treatment, instruction and training
necessary for the physical, mental and vocational
rehabilitation of the employee, including all maintenance
costs and expenses incidental thereto. If as a result of the
injury the employee is unable to be self-sufficient the
employer shall further pay for such maintenance or
institutional care as shall be required.
The employee may at any time elect to secure his own
physician, surgeon and hospital services at the employer's
expense, or,
Upon agreement between the employer and the employees, or
the employees' exclusive representative, and subject to the
approval of the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission, the
employer shall maintain a list of physicians, to be known as a
Panel of Physicians, who are accessible to the employees. The
employer shall post this list in a place or places easily
accessible to his employees. The employee shall have the right
to make an alternative choice of physician from such Panel if
he is not satisfied with the physician first selected. If, due
to the nature of the injury or its occurrence away from the

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employer's place of business, the employee is unable to make a
selection from the Panel, the selection process from the Panel
shall not apply. The physician selected from the Panel may
arrange for any consultation, referral or other specialized
medical services outside the Panel at the employer's expense.
Provided that, in the event the Commission shall find that a
doctor selected by the employee is rendering improper or
inadequate care, the Commission may order the employee to
select another doctor certified or qualified in the medical
field for which treatment is required. If the employee refuses
to make such change the Commission may relieve the employer of
his obligation to pay the doctor's charges from the date of
refusal to the date of compliance.
Any vocational rehabilitation counselors who provide
service under this Act shall have appropriate certifications
which designate the counselor as qualified to render opinions
relating to vocational rehabilitation. Vocational
rehabilitation may include, but is not limited to, counseling
for job searches, supervising a job search program, and
vocational retraining including education at an accredited
learning institution. The employee or employer may petition to
the Commission to decide disputes relating to vocational
rehabilitation and the Commission shall resolve any such
dispute, including payment of the vocational rehabilitation
program by the employer.
The maintenance benefit shall not be less than the

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temporary total disability rate determined for the employee. In
addition, maintenance shall include costs and expenses
incidental to the vocational rehabilitation program.
When the employee is working light duty on a part-time
basis or full-time basis and earns less than he or she would be
earning if employed in the full capacity of the job or jobs,
then the employee shall be entitled to temporary partial
disability benefits. Temporary partial disability benefits
shall be equal to two-thirds of the difference between the
average amount that the employee would be able to earn in the
full performance of his or her duties in the occupation in
which he or she was engaged at the time of accident and the
gross amount which he or she is earning in the modified job
provided to the employee by the employer or in any other job
that the employee is working.
Every hospital, physician, surgeon or other person
rendering treatment or services in accordance with the
provisions of this Section shall upon written request furnish
full and complete reports thereof to, and permit their records
to be copied by, the employer, the employee or his dependents,
as the case may be, or any other party to any proceeding for
compensation before the Commission, or their attorneys.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the employer's liability to
pay for such medical services selected by the employee shall be
limited to:
(1) all first aid and emergency treatment; plus

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(2) all medical, surgical and hospital services
provided by the physician, surgeon or hospital initially
chosen by the employee or by any other physician,
consultant, expert, institution or other provider of
services recommended by said initial service provider or
any subsequent provider of medical services in the chain of
referrals from said initial service provider; plus
(3) all medical, surgical and hospital services
provided by any second physician, surgeon or hospital
subsequently chosen by the employee or by any other
physician, consultant, expert, institution or other
provider of services recommended by said second service
provider or any subsequent provider of medical services in
the chain of referrals from said second service provider.
Thereafter the employer shall select and pay for all
necessary medical, surgical and hospital treatment and the
employee may not select a provider of medical services at
the employer's expense unless the employer agrees to such
selection. At any time the employee may obtain any medical
treatment he desires at his own expense. This paragraph
shall not affect the duty to pay for rehabilitation
referred to above.
(4) The following shall apply for injuries occurring on
or after June 28, 2011 (the effective date of Public Act
97-18) and only when an employer has an approved preferred
provider program pursuant to Section 8.1a on the date the

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employee sustained his or her accidental injuries:
(A) The employer shall, in writing, on a form
promulgated by the Commission, inform the employee of
the preferred provider program;
(B) Subsequent to the report of an injury by an
employee, the employee may choose in writing at any
time to decline the preferred provider program, in
which case that would constitute one of the two choices
of medical providers to which the employee is entitled
under subsection (a)(2) or (a)(3); and
(C) Prior to the report of an injury by an
employee, when an employee chooses non-emergency
treatment from a provider not within the preferred
provider program, that would constitute the employee's
one choice of medical providers to which the employee
is entitled under subsection (a)(2) or (a)(3).
When an employer and employee so agree in writing, nothing
in this Act prevents an employee whose injury or disability has
been established under this Act, from relying in good faith, on
treatment by prayer or spiritual means alone, in accordance
with the tenets and practice of a recognized church or
religious denomination, by a duly accredited practitioner
thereof, and having nursing services appropriate therewith,
without suffering loss or diminution of the compensation
benefits under this Act. However, the employee shall submit to
all physical examinations required by this Act. The cost of

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such treatment and nursing care shall be paid by the employee
unless the employer agrees to make such payment.
Where the accidental injury results in the amputation of an
arm, hand, leg or foot, or the enucleation of an eye, or the
loss of any of the natural teeth, the employer shall furnish an
artificial of any such members lost or damaged in accidental
injury arising out of and in the course of employment, and
shall also furnish the necessary braces in all proper and
necessary cases. In cases of the loss of a member or members by
amputation, the employer shall, whenever necessary, maintain
in good repair, refit or replace the artificial limbs during
the lifetime of the employee. Where the accidental injury
accompanied by physical injury results in damage to a denture,
eye glasses or contact eye lenses, or where the accidental
injury results in damage to an artificial member, the employer
shall replace or repair such denture, glasses, lenses, or
artificial member.
The furnishing by the employer of any such services or
appliances is not an admission of liability on the part of the
employer to pay compensation.
The furnishing of any such services or appliances or the
servicing thereof by the employer is not the payment of
compensation.
(b) If the period of temporary total incapacity for work
lasts more than 3 working days, weekly compensation as
hereinafter provided shall be paid beginning on the 4th day of

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such temporary total incapacity and continuing as long as the
total temporary incapacity lasts. In cases where the temporary
total incapacity for work continues for a period of 14 days or
more from the day of the accident compensation shall commence
on the day after the accident.
1. The compensation rate for temporary total
incapacity under this paragraph (b) of this Section shall
be equal to 66 2/3% of the employee's average weekly wage
computed in accordance with Section 10, provided that it
shall be not less than 66 2/3% of the sum of the Federal
minimum wage under the Fair Labor Standards Act, or the
Illinois minimum wage under the Minimum Wage Law, whichever
is more, multiplied by 40 hours. This percentage rate shall
be increased by 10% for each spouse and child, not to
exceed 100% of the total minimum wage calculation,
nor exceed the employee's average weekly wage computed in
accordance with the provisions of Section 10, whichever is
less.
2. The compensation rate in all cases other than for
temporary total disability under this paragraph (b), and
other than for serious and permanent disfigurement under
paragraph (c) and other than for permanent partial
disability under subparagraph (2) of paragraph (d) or under
paragraph (e), of this Section shall be equal to 66 2/3% of
the employee's average weekly wage computed in accordance
with the provisions of Section 10, provided that it shall

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be not less than 66 2/3% of the sum of the Federal minimum
wage under the Fair Labor Standards Act, or the Illinois
minimum wage under the Minimum Wage Law, whichever is more,
multiplied by 40 hours. This percentage rate shall be
increased by 10% for each spouse and child, not to exceed
100% of the total minimum wage calculation,
nor exceed the employee's average weekly wage computed in
accordance with the provisions of Section 10, whichever is
less.
2.1. The compensation rate in all cases of serious and
permanent disfigurement under paragraph (c) and of
permanent partial disability under subparagraph (2) of
paragraph (d) or under paragraph (e) of this Section shall
be equal to 60% of the employee's average weekly wage
computed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10,
provided that it shall be not less than 66 2/3% of the sum
of the Federal minimum wage under the Fair Labor Standards
Act, or the Illinois minimum wage under the Minimum Wage
Law, whichever is more, multiplied by 40 hours. This
percentage rate shall be increased by 10% for each spouse
and child, not to exceed 100% of the total minimum wage
calculation,
nor exceed the employee's average weekly wage computed in
accordance with the provisions of Section 10, whichever is
less.
3. As used in this Section the term "child" means a

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child of the employee including any child legally adopted
before the accident or whom at the time of the accident the
employee was under legal obligation to support or to whom
the employee stood in loco parentis, and who at the time of
the accident was under 18 years of age and not emancipated.
The term "children" means the plural of "child".
4. All weekly compensation rates provided under
subparagraphs 1, 2 and 2.1 of this paragraph (b) of this
Section shall be subject to the following limitations:
The maximum weekly compensation rate from July 1, 1975,
except as hereinafter provided, shall be 100% of the
State's average weekly wage in covered industries under the
Unemployment Insurance Act, that being the wage that most
closely approximates the State's average weekly wage.
The maximum weekly compensation rate, for the period
July 1, 1984, through June 30, 1987, except as hereinafter
provided, shall be $293.61. Effective July 1, 1987 and on
July 1 of each year thereafter the maximum weekly
compensation rate, except as hereinafter provided, shall
be determined as follows: if during the preceding 12 month
period there shall have been an increase in the State's
average weekly wage in covered industries under the
Unemployment Insurance Act, the weekly compensation rate
shall be proportionately increased by the same percentage
as the percentage of increase in the State's average weekly
wage in covered industries under the Unemployment

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Insurance Act during such period.
The maximum weekly compensation rate, for the period
January 1, 1981 through December 31, 1983, except as
hereinafter provided, shall be 100% of the State's average
weekly wage in covered industries under the Unemployment
Insurance Act in effect on January 1, 1981. Effective
January 1, 1984 and on January 1, of each year thereafter
the maximum weekly compensation rate, except as
hereinafter provided, shall be determined as follows: if
during the preceding 12 month period there shall have been
an increase in the State's average weekly wage in covered
industries under the Unemployment Insurance Act, the
weekly compensation rate shall be proportionately
increased by the same percentage as the percentage of
increase in the State's average weekly wage in covered
industries under the Unemployment Insurance Act during
such period.
From July 1, 1977 and thereafter such maximum weekly
compensation rate in death cases under Section 7, and
permanent total disability cases under paragraph (f) or
subparagraph 18 of paragraph (3) of this Section and for
temporary total disability under paragraph (b) of this
Section and for amputation of a member or enucleation of an
eye under paragraph (e) of this Section shall be increased
to 133-1/3% of the State's average weekly wage in covered
industries under the Unemployment Insurance Act.

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For injuries occurring on or after February 1, 2006,
the maximum weekly benefit under paragraph (d)1 of this
Section shall be 100% of the State's average weekly wage in
covered industries under the Unemployment Insurance Act.
4.1. Any provision herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, the weekly compensation rate for
compensation payments under subparagraph 18 of paragraph
(e) of this Section and under paragraph (f) of this Section
and under paragraph (a) of Section 7 and for amputation of
a member or enucleation of an eye under paragraph (e) of
this Section, shall in no event be less than 50% of the
State's average weekly wage in covered industries under the
Unemployment Insurance Act.
4.2. Any provision to the contrary notwithstanding,
the total compensation payable under Section 7 shall not
exceed the greater of $500,000 or 25 years.
5. For the purpose of this Section this State's average
weekly wage in covered industries under the Unemployment
Insurance Act on July 1, 1975 is hereby fixed at $228.16
per week and the computation of compensation rates shall be
based on the aforesaid average weekly wage until modified
as hereinafter provided.
6. The Department of Employment Security of the State
shall on or before the first day of December, 1977, and on
or before the first day of June, 1978, and on the first day
of each December and June of each year thereafter, publish

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the State's average weekly wage in covered industries under
the Unemployment Insurance Act and the Illinois Workers'
Compensation Commission shall on the 15th day of January,
1978 and on the 15th day of July, 1978 and on the 15th day
of each January and July of each year thereafter, post and
publish the State's average weekly wage in covered
industries under the Unemployment Insurance Act as last
determined and published by the Department of Employment
Security. The amount when so posted and published shall be
conclusive and shall be applicable as the basis of
computation of compensation rates until the next posting
and publication as aforesaid.
7. The payment of compensation by an employer or his
insurance carrier to an injured employee shall not
constitute an admission of the employer's liability to pay
compensation.
(c) For any serious and permanent disfigurement to the
hand, head, face, neck, arm, leg below the knee or the chest
above the axillary line, the employee is entitled to
compensation for such disfigurement, the amount determined by
agreement at any time or by arbitration under this Act, at a
hearing not less than 6 months after the date of the accidental
injury, which amount shall not exceed 150 weeks (if the
accidental injury occurs on or after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly but before February
1, 2006) or 162 weeks (if the accidental injury occurs on or

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after February 1, 2006) at the applicable rate provided in
subparagraph 2.1 of paragraph (b) of this Section.
No compensation is payable under this paragraph where
compensation is payable under paragraphs (d), (e) or (f) of
this Section.
A duly appointed member of a fire department in a city, the
population of which exceeds 500,000 according to the last
federal or State census, is eligible for compensation under
this paragraph only where such serious and permanent
disfigurement results from burns.
(d) 1. If, after the accidental injury has been sustained,
the employee as a result thereof becomes partially
incapacitated from pursuing his usual and customary line of
employment, he shall, except in cases compensated under the
specific schedule set forth in paragraph (e) of this Section,
receive compensation for the duration of his disability,
subject to the limitations as to maximum amounts fixed in
paragraph (b) of this Section, equal to 66-2/3% of the
difference between the average amount which he would be able to
earn in the full performance of his duties in the occupation in
which he was engaged at the time of the accident and the
average amount which he is earning or is able to earn in some
suitable employment or business after the accident. For
accidental injuries that occur on or after September 1, 2011,
an award for wage differential under this subsection shall be
effective only until the employee reaches the age of 67 or 5

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years from the date the award becomes final, whichever is
later.
2. If, as a result of the accident, the employee sustains
serious and permanent injuries not covered by paragraphs (c)
and (e) of this Section or having sustained injuries covered by
the aforesaid paragraphs (c) and (e), he shall have sustained
in addition thereto other injuries which injuries do not
incapacitate him from pursuing the duties of his employment but
which would disable him from pursuing other suitable
occupations, or which have otherwise resulted in physical
impairment; or if such injuries partially incapacitate him from
pursuing the duties of his usual and customary line of
employment but do not result in an impairment of earning
capacity, or having resulted in an impairment of earning
capacity, the employee elects to waive his right to recover
under the foregoing subparagraph 1 of paragraph (d) of this
Section then in any of the foregoing events, he shall receive
in addition to compensation for temporary total disability
under paragraph (b) of this Section, compensation at the rate
provided in subparagraph 2.1 of paragraph (b) of this Section
for that percentage of 500 weeks that the partial disability
resulting from the injuries covered by this paragraph bears to
total disability. If the employee shall have sustained a
fracture of one or more vertebra or fracture of the skull, the
amount of compensation allowed under this Section shall be not
less than 6 weeks for a fractured skull and 6 weeks for each

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fractured vertebra, and in the event the employee shall have
sustained a fracture of any of the following facial bones:
nasal, lachrymal, vomer, zygoma, maxilla, palatine or
mandible, the amount of compensation allowed under this Section
shall be not less than 2 weeks for each such fractured bone,
and for a fracture of each transverse process not less than 3
weeks. In the event such injuries shall result in the loss of a
kidney, spleen or lung, the amount of compensation allowed
under this Section shall be not less than 10 weeks for each
such organ. Compensation awarded under this subparagraph 2
shall not take into consideration injuries covered under
paragraphs (c) and (e) of this Section and the compensation
provided in this paragraph shall not affect the employee's
right to compensation payable under paragraphs (b), (c) and (e)
of this Section for the disabilities therein covered.
(e) For accidental injuries in the following schedule, the
employee shall receive compensation for the period of temporary
total incapacity for work resulting from such accidental
injury, under subparagraph 1 of paragraph (b) of this Section,
and shall receive in addition thereto compensation for a
further period for the specific loss herein mentioned, but
shall not receive any compensation under any other provisions
of this Act. The following listed amounts apply to either the
loss of or the permanent and complete loss of use of the member
specified, such compensation for the length of time as follows:
1. Thumb-

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70 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.
76 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
after February 1, 2006.
2. First, or index finger-
40 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.
43 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
after February 1, 2006.
3. Second, or middle finger-
35 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.
38 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
after February 1, 2006.
4. Third, or ring finger-
25 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.
27 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
after February 1, 2006.
5. Fourth, or little finger-
20 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the

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94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.
22 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
after February 1, 2006.
6. Great toe-
35 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.
38 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
after February 1, 2006.
7. Each toe other than great toe-
12 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.
13 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
after February 1, 2006.
8. The loss of the first or distal phalanx of the thumb
or of any finger or toe shall be considered to be equal to
the loss of one-half of such thumb, finger or toe and the
compensation payable shall be one-half of the amount above
specified. The loss of more than one phalanx shall be
considered as the loss of the entire thumb, finger or toe.
In no case shall the amount received for more than one
finger exceed the amount provided in this schedule for the
loss of a hand.
9. Hand-
190 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or

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after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.
205 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
after February 1, 2006.
190 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
after June 28, 2011 (the effective date of Public Act
97-18) and if the accidental injury involves carpal
tunnel syndrome due to repetitive or cumulative
trauma, in which case the permanent partial disability
shall not exceed 15% loss of use of the hand, except
for cause shown by clear and convincing evidence and in
which case the award shall not exceed 30% loss of use
of the hand.
The loss of 2 or more digits, or one or more phalanges
of 2 or more digits, of a hand may be compensated on the
basis of partial loss of use of a hand, provided, further,
that the loss of 4 digits, or the loss of use of 4 digits,
in the same hand shall constitute the complete loss of a
hand.
10. Arm-
235 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.
253 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
after February 1, 2006.
Where an accidental injury results in the amputation of

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an arm below the elbow, such injury shall be compensated as
a loss of an arm. Where an accidental injury results in the
amputation of an arm above the elbow, compensation for an
additional 15 weeks (if the accidental injury occurs on or
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th
General Assembly but before February 1, 2006) or an
additional 17 weeks (if the accidental injury occurs on or
after February 1, 2006) shall be paid, except where the
accidental injury results in the amputation of an arm at
the shoulder joint, or so close to shoulder joint that an
artificial arm cannot be used, or results in the
disarticulation of an arm at the shoulder joint, in which
case compensation for an additional 65 weeks (if the
accidental injury occurs on or after the effective date of
this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly but before
February 1, 2006) or an additional 70 weeks (if the
accidental injury occurs on or after February 1, 2006)
shall be paid. For purposes of awards under this
subdivision (e), injuries to the shoulder shall be
considered to be injuries to part of the arm. This
amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly is declarative
of existing law and is not a new enactment.
11. Foot-
155 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.

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167 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
after February 1, 2006.
12. Leg-
200 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.
215 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
after February 1, 2006.
Where an accidental injury results in the amputation of
a leg below the knee, such injury shall be compensated as
loss of a leg. Where an accidental injury results in the
amputation of a leg above the knee, compensation for an
additional 25 weeks (if the accidental injury occurs on or
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th
General Assembly but before February 1, 2006) or an
additional 27 weeks (if the accidental injury occurs on or
after February 1, 2006) shall be paid, except where the
accidental injury results in the amputation of a leg at the
hip joint, or so close to the hip joint that an artificial
leg cannot be used, or results in the disarticulation of a
leg at the hip joint, in which case compensation for an
additional 75 weeks (if the accidental injury occurs on or
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th
General Assembly but before February 1, 2006) or an
additional 81 weeks (if the accidental injury occurs on or
after February 1, 2006) shall be paid.

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13. Eye-
150 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.
162 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
after February 1, 2006.
Where an accidental injury results in the enucleation
of an eye, compensation for an additional 10 weeks (if the
accidental injury occurs on or after the effective date of
this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly but before
February 1, 2006) or an additional 11 weeks (if the
accidental injury occurs on or after February 1, 2006)
shall be paid.
14. Loss of hearing of one ear-
50 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.
54 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
after February 1, 2006.
Total and permanent loss of hearing of both ears-
200 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.
215 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
after February 1, 2006.
15. Testicle-

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50 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.
54 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
after February 1, 2006.
Both testicles-
150 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.
162 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
after February 1, 2006.
16. For the permanent partial loss of use of a member
or sight of an eye, or hearing of an ear, compensation
during that proportion of the number of weeks in the
foregoing schedule provided for the loss of such member or
sight of an eye, or hearing of an ear, which the partial
loss of use thereof bears to the total loss of use of such
member, or sight of eye, or hearing of an ear.
(a) Loss of hearing for compensation purposes
shall be confined to the frequencies of 1,000, 2,000
and 3,000 cycles per second. Loss of hearing ability
for frequency tones above 3,000 cycles per second are
not to be considered as constituting disability for
hearing.
(b) The percent of hearing loss, for purposes of
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occupational deafness, shall be calculated as the
average in decibels for the thresholds of hearing for
the frequencies of 1,000, 2,000 and 3,000 cycles per
second. Pure tone air conduction audiometric
instruments, approved by nationally recognized
authorities in this field, shall be used for measuring
hearing loss. If the losses of hearing average 30
decibels or less in the 3 frequencies, such losses of
hearing shall not then constitute any compensable
hearing disability. If the losses of hearing average 85
decibels or more in the 3 frequencies, then the same
shall constitute and be total or 100% compensable
hearing loss.
(c) In measuring hearing impairment, the lowest
measured losses in each of the 3 frequencies shall be
added together and divided by 3 to determine the
average decibel loss. For every decibel of loss
exceeding 30 decibels an allowance of 1.82% shall be
made up to the maximum of 100% which is reached at 85
decibels.
(d) If a hearing loss is established to have
existed on July 1, 1975 by audiometric testing the
employer shall not be liable for the previous loss so
established nor shall he be liable for any loss for
which compensation has been paid or awarded.
(e) No consideration shall be given to the question

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of whether or not the ability of an employee to
understand speech is improved by the use of a hearing
aid.
(f) No claim for loss of hearing due to industrial
noise shall be brought against an employer or allowed
unless the employee has been exposed for a period of
time sufficient to cause permanent impairment to noise
levels in excess of the following:
Sound Level DBA
Slow Response Hours Per Day
90 8
92 6
95 4
97 3
100 2
102 1-1/2
105 1
110 1/2
115 1/4
This subparagraph (f) shall not be applied in cases of
hearing loss resulting from trauma or explosion.
17. In computing the compensation to be paid to any
employee who, before the accident for which he claims
compensation, had before that time sustained an injury
resulting in the loss by amputation or partial loss by
amputation of any member, including hand, arm, thumb or

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fingers, leg, foot or any toes, such loss or partial loss
of any such member shall be deducted from any award made
for the subsequent injury. For the permanent loss of use or
the permanent partial loss of use of any such member or the
partial loss of sight of an eye, for which compensation has
been paid, then such loss shall be taken into consideration
and deducted from any award for the subsequent injury.
18. The specific case of loss of both hands, both arms,
or both feet, or both legs, or both eyes, or of any two
thereof, or the permanent and complete loss of the use
thereof, constitutes total and permanent disability, to be
compensated according to the compensation fixed by
paragraph (f) of this Section. These specific cases of
total and permanent disability do not exclude other cases.
Any employee who has previously suffered the loss or
permanent and complete loss of the use of any of such
members, and in a subsequent independent accident loses
another or suffers the permanent and complete loss of the
use of any one of such members the employer for whom the
injured employee is working at the time of the last
independent accident is liable to pay compensation only for
the loss or permanent and complete loss of the use of the
member occasioned by the last independent accident.
19. In a case of specific loss and the subsequent death
of such injured employee from other causes than such injury
leaving a widow, widower, or dependents surviving before

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payment or payment in full for such injury, then the amount
due for such injury is payable to the widow or widower and,
if there be no widow or widower, then to such dependents,
in the proportion which such dependency bears to total
dependency.
Beginning July 1, 1980, and every 6 months thereafter, the
Commission shall examine the Second Injury Fund and when, after
deducting all advances or loans made to such Fund, the amount
therein is $500,000 then the amount required to be paid by
employers pursuant to paragraph (f) of Section 7 shall be
reduced by one-half. When the Second Injury Fund reaches the
sum of $600,000 then the payments shall cease entirely.
However, when the Second Injury Fund has been reduced to
$400,000, payment of one-half of the amounts required by
paragraph (f) of Section 7 shall be resumed, in the manner
herein provided, and when the Second Injury Fund has been
reduced to $300,000, payment of the full amounts required by
paragraph (f) of Section 7 shall be resumed, in the manner
herein provided. The Commission shall make the changes in
payment effective by general order, and the changes in payment
become immediately effective for all cases coming before the
Commission thereafter either by settlement agreement or final
order, irrespective of the date of the accidental injury.
On August 1, 1996 and on February 1 and August 1 of each
subsequent year, the Commission shall examine the special fund
designated as the "Rate Adjustment Fund" and when, after

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deducting all advances or loans made to said fund, the amount
therein is $4,000,000, the amount required to be paid by
employers pursuant to paragraph (f) of Section 7 shall be
reduced by one-half. When the Rate Adjustment Fund reaches the
sum of $5,000,000 the payment therein shall cease entirely.
However, when said Rate Adjustment Fund has been reduced to
$3,000,000 the amounts required by paragraph (f) of Section 7
shall be resumed in the manner herein provided.
(f) In case of complete disability, which renders the
employee wholly and permanently incapable of work, or in the
specific case of total and permanent disability as provided in
subparagraph 18 of paragraph (e) of this Section, compensation
shall be payable at the rate provided in subparagraph 2 of
paragraph (b) of this Section for life.
An employee entitled to benefits under paragraph (f) of
this Section shall also be entitled to receive from the Rate
Adjustment Fund provided in paragraph (f) of Section 7 of the
supplementary benefits provided in paragraph (g) of this
Section 8.
If any employee who receives an award under this paragraph
afterwards returns to work or is able to do so, and earns or is
able to earn as much as before the accident, payments under
such award shall cease. If such employee returns to work, or is
able to do so, and earns or is able to earn part but not as much
as before the accident, such award shall be modified so as to
conform to an award under paragraph (d) of this Section. If

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such award is terminated or reduced under the provisions of
this paragraph, such employees have the right at any time
within 30 months after the date of such termination or
reduction to file petition with the Commission for the purpose
of determining whether any disability exists as a result of the
original accidental injury and the extent thereof.
Disability as enumerated in subdivision 18, paragraph (e)
of this Section is considered complete disability.
If an employee who had previously incurred loss or the
permanent and complete loss of use of one member, through the
loss or the permanent and complete loss of the use of one hand,
one arm, one foot, one leg, or one eye, incurs permanent and
complete disability through the loss or the permanent and
complete loss of the use of another member, he shall receive,
in addition to the compensation payable by the employer and
after such payments have ceased, an amount from the Second
Injury Fund provided for in paragraph (f) of Section 7, which,
together with the compensation payable from the employer in
whose employ he was when the last accidental injury was
incurred, will equal the amount payable for permanent and
complete disability as provided in this paragraph of this
Section.
The custodian of the Second Injury Fund provided for in
paragraph (f) of Section 7 shall be joined with the employer as
a party respondent in the application for adjustment of claim.
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in general terms the approximate time and place and manner of
the loss of the first member.
In its award the Commission or the Arbitrator shall
specifically find the amount the injured employee shall be
weekly paid, the number of weeks compensation which shall be
paid by the employer, the date upon which payments begin out of
the Second Injury Fund provided for in paragraph (f) of Section
7 of this Act, the length of time the weekly payments continue,
the date upon which the pension payments commence and the
monthly amount of the payments. The Commission shall 30 days
after the date upon which payments out of the Second Injury
Fund have begun as provided in the award, and every month
thereafter, prepare and submit to the State Comptroller a
voucher for payment for all compensation accrued to that date
at the rate fixed by the Commission. The State Comptroller
shall draw a warrant to the injured employee along with a
receipt to be executed by the injured employee and returned to
the Commission. The endorsed warrant and receipt is a full and
complete acquittance to the Commission for the payment out of
the Second Injury Fund. No other appropriation or warrant is
necessary for payment out of the Second Injury Fund. The Second
Injury Fund is appropriated for the purpose of making payments
according to the terms of the awards.
As of July 1, 1980 to July 1, 1982, all claims against and
obligations of the Second Injury Fund shall become claims
against and obligations of the Rate Adjustment Fund to the

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extent there is insufficient money in the Second Injury Fund to
pay such claims and obligations. In that case, all references
to "Second Injury Fund" in this Section shall also include the
Rate Adjustment Fund.
(g) Every award for permanent total disability entered by
the Commission on and after July 1, 1965 under which
compensation payments shall become due and payable after the
effective date of this amendatory Act, and every award for
death benefits or permanent total disability entered by the
Commission on and after the effective date of this amendatory
Act shall be subject to annual adjustments as to the amount of
the compensation rate therein provided. Such adjustments shall
first be made on July 15, 1977, and all awards made and entered
prior to July 1, 1975 and on July 15 of each year thereafter.
In all other cases such adjustment shall be made on July 15 of
the second year next following the date of the entry of the
award and shall further be made on July 15 annually thereafter.
If during the intervening period from the date of the entry of
the award, or the last periodic adjustment, there shall have
been an increase in the State's average weekly wage in covered
industries under the Unemployment Insurance Act, the weekly
compensation rate shall be proportionately increased by the
same percentage as the percentage of increase in the State's
average weekly wage in covered industries under the
Unemployment Insurance Act. The increase in the compensation
rate under this paragraph shall in no event bring the total

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compensation rate to an amount greater than the prevailing
maximum rate at the time that the annual adjustment is made.
Such increase shall be paid in the same manner as herein
provided for payments under the Second Injury Fund to the
injured employee, or his dependents, as the case may be, out of
the Rate Adjustment Fund provided in paragraph (f) of Section 7
of this Act. Payments shall be made at the same intervals as
provided in the award or, at the option of the Commission, may
be made in quarterly payment on the 15th day of January, April,
July and October of each year. In the event of a decrease in
such average weekly wage there shall be no change in the then
existing compensation rate. The within paragraph shall not
apply to cases where there is disputed liability and in which a
compromise lump sum settlement between the employer and the
injured employee, or his dependents, as the case may be, has
been duly approved by the Illinois Workers' Compensation
Commission.
Provided, that in cases of awards entered by the Commission
for injuries occurring before July 1, 1975, the increases in
the compensation rate adjusted under the foregoing provision of
this paragraph (g) shall be limited to increases in the State's
average weekly wage in covered industries under the
Unemployment Insurance Act occurring after July 1, 1975.
For every accident occurring on or after July 20, 2005 but
before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th
General Assembly (Senate Bill 1283 of the 94th General

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Assembly), the annual adjustments to the compensation rate in
awards for death benefits or permanent total disability, as
provided in this Act, shall be paid by the employer. The
adjustment shall be made by the employer on July 15 of the
second year next following the date of the entry of the award
and shall further be made on July 15 annually thereafter. If
during the intervening period from the date of the entry of the
award, or the last periodic adjustment, there shall have been
an increase in the State's average weekly wage in covered
industries under the Unemployment Insurance Act, the employer
shall increase the weekly compensation rate proportionately by
the same percentage as the percentage of increase in the
State's average weekly wage in covered industries under the
Unemployment Insurance Act. The increase in the compensation
rate under this paragraph shall in no event bring the total
compensation rate to an amount greater than the prevailing
maximum rate at the time that the annual adjustment is made. In
the event of a decrease in such average weekly wage there shall
be no change in the then existing compensation rate. Such
increase shall be paid by the employer in the same manner and
at the same intervals as the payment of compensation in the
award. This paragraph shall not apply to cases where there is
disputed liability and in which a compromise lump sum
settlement between the employer and the injured employee, or
his or her dependents, as the case may be, has been duly
approved by the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission.

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The annual adjustments for every award of death benefits or
permanent total disability involving accidents occurring
before July 20, 2005 and accidents occurring on or after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
Assembly (Senate Bill 1283 of the 94th General Assembly) shall
continue to be paid from the Rate Adjustment Fund pursuant to
this paragraph and Section 7(f) of this Act.
(h) In case death occurs from any cause before the total
compensation to which the employee would have been entitled has
been paid, then in case the employee leaves any widow, widower,
child, parent (or any grandchild, grandparent or other lineal
heir or any collateral heir dependent at the time of the
accident upon the earnings of the employee to the extent of 50%
or more of total dependency) such compensation shall be paid to
the beneficiaries of the deceased employee and distributed as
provided in paragraph (g) of Section 7.
(h-1) In case an injured employee is under legal disability
at the time when any right or privilege accrues to him or her
under this Act, a guardian may be appointed pursuant to law,
and may, on behalf of such person under legal disability, claim
and exercise any such right or privilege with the same effect
as if the employee himself or herself had claimed or exercised
the right or privilege. No limitations of time provided by this
Act run so long as the employee who is under legal disability
is without a conservator or guardian.
(i) In case the injured employee is under 16 years of age

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at the time of the accident and is illegally employed, the
amount of compensation payable under paragraphs (b), (c), (d),
(e) and (f) of this Section is increased 50%.
However, where an employer has on file an employment
certificate issued pursuant to the Child Labor Law or work
permit issued pursuant to the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act,
as amended, or a birth certificate properly and duly issued,
such certificate, permit or birth certificate is conclusive
evidence as to the age of the injured minor employee for the
purposes of this Section.
Nothing herein contained repeals or amends the provisions
of the Child Labor Law relating to the employment of minors
under the age of 16 years.
(j) 1. In the event the injured employee receives benefits,
including medical, surgical or hospital benefits under any
group plan covering non-occupational disabilities contributed
to wholly or partially by the employer, which benefits should
not have been payable if any rights of recovery existed under
this Act, then such amounts so paid to the employee from any
such group plan as shall be consistent with, and limited to,
the provisions of paragraph 2 hereof, shall be credited to or
against any compensation payment for temporary total
incapacity for work or any medical, surgical or hospital
benefits made or to be made under this Act. In such event, the
period of time for giving notice of accidental injury and
filing application for adjustment of claim does not commence to

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run until the termination of such payments. This paragraph does
not apply to payments made under any group plan which would
have been payable irrespective of an accidental injury under
this Act. Any employer receiving such credit shall keep such
employee safe and harmless from any and all claims or
liabilities that may be made against him by reason of having
received such payments only to the extent of such credit.
Any excess benefits paid to or on behalf of a State
employee by the State Employees' Retirement System under
Article 14 of the Illinois Pension Code on a death claim or
disputed disability claim shall be credited against any
payments made or to be made by the State of Illinois to or on
behalf of such employee under this Act, except for payments for
medical expenses which have already been incurred at the time
of the award. The State of Illinois shall directly reimburse
the State Employees' Retirement System to the extent of such
credit.
2. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to give
the employer or the insurance carrier the right to credit for
any benefits or payments received by the employee other than
compensation payments provided by this Act, and where the
employee receives payments other than compensation payments,
whether as full or partial salary, group insurance benefits,
bonuses, annuities or any other payments, the employer or
insurance carrier shall receive credit for each such payment
only to the extent of the compensation that would have been

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payable during the period covered by such payment.
3. The extension of time for the filing of an Application
for Adjustment of Claim as provided in paragraph 1 above shall
not apply to those cases where the time for such filing had
expired prior to the date on which payments or benefits
enumerated herein have been initiated or resumed. Provided
however that this paragraph 3 shall apply only to cases wherein
the payments or benefits hereinabove enumerated shall be
received after July 1, 1969.
(Source: P.A. 97-18, eff. 6-28-11; 97-268, eff. 8-8-11; 97-813,
eff. 7-13-12.)
(820 ILCS 305/8.1b)
Sec. 8.1b. Determination of permanent partial disability.
For accidental injuries that occur on or after September 1,
2011, permanent partial disability shall be established using
the following criteria:
(a) A physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its
branches preparing a permanent partial disability impairment
report shall report the level of impairment in writing. The
report shall include an evaluation of medically defined and
professionally appropriate measurements of impairment that
include, but are not limited to: loss of range of motion; loss
of strength; measured atrophy of tissue mass consistent with
the injury; and any other measurements that establish the
nature and extent of the impairment. The most current edition

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of the American Medical Association's "Guides to the Evaluation
of Permanent Impairment" shall be used by the physician in
determining the level of impairment.
(b) In determining the level of permanent partial
disability, the Commission shall base its determination on the
following factors: (i) the reported level of impairment
pursuant to subsection (a) if such report exists; (ii) the
occupation of the injured employee; (iii) the age of the
employee at the time of the injury; (iv) the employee's future
earning capacity; and (v) evidence of disability corroborated
by the treating medical records. No single enumerated factor
shall be the sole determinant of disability. In determining the
level of disability, the relevance and weight of any factors
used, including in addition to the level of impairment as
reported by the physician, must be explained in a written
order.
(Source: P.A. 97-18, eff. 6-28-11.)
(820 ILCS 305/9) (from Ch. 48, par. 138.9)
Sec. 9. Any employer or employee or beneficiary who shall
desire to have such compensation, or any unpaid part thereof,
paid in a lump sum, may petition the Commission, asking that
such compensation be so paid. If, upon proper notice to the
interested parties and a proper showing made before such
Commission or any member thereof, it appears to the best
interest of the parties that such compensation be so paid, the

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Commission may order the commutation of the compensation to an
equivalent lump sum, which commutation shall be an amount which
will equal the total sum of the probable future payments
capitalized at their present value upon the basis of interest
calculated at the maximum rate of interest payable by member
banks of the Federal Reserve System on passbook savings
deposits as published in Regulation Q or its successor or, if
Regulation Q or its successor is repealed, then the rate in
effect on the date of repeal. Prior to approval of any pro se
Settlement Contract Lump Sum Petition, the Commission or an
Arbitrator thereof shall determine if the unrepresented
employee, if present, is able to read and communicate in
English. If not, it shall be the responsibility of the employer
to provide a qualified, independent interpreter at the time
such Petition is heard, unless the employee has provided his or
her own interpreter.
In cases indicating complete disability no petition for a
commutation to a lump sum basis shall be entertained by the
Commission until after the expiration of 6 months from the date
of the injury.
Where necessary, upon proper application being made, a
guardian or administrator, as the case may be, may be appointed
for any person under disability who may be entitled to any such
compensation and an employer bound by the terms of this Act and
liable to pay such compensation, may petition for the
appointment of the public administrator, or guardian, where no

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legal representative has been appointed or is acting for such
party or parties so under disability.
The payment of compensation in a lump sum to the employee
in his or her lifetime upon order of the Commission, shall
extinguish and bar all claims for compensation for death if the
compensation paid in a lump sum represents a compromise of a
dispute on any question other than the extent of disability.
Subject to the provisions herein above in this paragraph
contained, where no dispute exists as to the fact that the
accident arose out of and in the course of the employment and
where such accident results in death or in the amputation of
any member or in the enucleation of an eye, then and in such
case the arbitrator or Commission may, upon the petition of
either the employer or the employee, enter an award providing
for the payment of compensation for such death or injury in
accordance with the provisions of Section 7 or paragraph (e) of
Section 8 of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 83-1362.)
(820 ILCS 305/14) (from Ch. 48, par. 138.14)
Sec. 14. The Commission shall appoint a secretary, an
assistant secretary, and arbitrators and shall employ such
assistants and clerical help as may be necessary. Arbitrators
shall be appointed pursuant to this Section, notwithstanding
any provision of the Personnel Code.
Each arbitrator appointed after June 28, 2011 after

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November 22, 1977 shall be required to demonstrate in writing
and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the
Illinois Department of Central Management Services his or her
knowledge of and expertise in the law of and judicial processes
of the Workers' Compensation Act and the Occupational Diseases
Act.
A formal training program for newly-hired arbitrators
shall be implemented. The training program shall include the
following:
(a) substantive and procedural aspects of the
arbitrator position;
(b) current issues in workers' compensation law and
practice;
(c) medical lectures by specialists in areas such as
orthopedics, ophthalmology, psychiatry, rehabilitation
counseling;
(d) orientation to each operational unit of the
Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission;
(e) observation of experienced arbitrators conducting
hearings of cases, combined with the opportunity to discuss
evidence presented and rulings made;
(f) the use of hypothetical cases requiring the trainee
to issue judgments as a means to evaluating knowledge and
writing ability;
(g) writing skills;
(h) professional and ethical standards pursuant to

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Section 1.1 of this Act;
(i) detection of workers' compensation fraud and
reporting obligations of Commission employees and
appointees;
(j) standards of evidence-based medical treatment and
best practices for measuring and improving quality and
health care outcomes in the workers' compensation system,
including but not limited to the use of the American
Medical Association's "Guides to the Evaluation of
Permanent Impairment" and the practice of utilization
review; and
(k) substantive and procedural aspects of coal
workers' pneumoconiosis (black lung) cases.
A formal and ongoing professional development program
including, but not limited to, the above-noted areas shall be
implemented to keep arbitrators informed of recent
developments and issues and to assist them in maintaining and
enhancing their professional competence. Each arbitrator shall
complete 20 hours of training in the above-noted areas during
every 2 years such arbitrator shall remain in office.
Each arbitrator shall devote full time to his or her duties
and shall serve when assigned as an acting Commissioner when a
Commissioner is unavailable in accordance with the provisions
of Section 13 of this Act. Any arbitrator who is an
attorney-at-law shall not engage in the practice of law, nor
shall any arbitrator hold any other office or position of

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profit under the United States or this State or any municipal
corporation or political subdivision of this State.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to the
contrary, an arbitrator who serves as an acting Commissioner in
accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of this Act shall
continue to serve in the capacity of Commissioner until a
decision is reached in every case heard by that arbitrator
while serving as an acting Commissioner.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, the
term of all arbitrators serving on the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, including any
arbitrators on administrative leave, shall terminate at the
close of business on July 1, 2011, but the incumbents shall
continue to exercise all of their duties until they are
reappointed or their successors are appointed.
On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
the 97th General Assembly, arbitrators shall be appointed to
3-year terms as follows:
(1) All appointments shall be made by the Governor with
the advice and consent of the Senate.
(2) For their initial appointments, 12 arbitrators
shall be appointed to terms expiring July 1, 2012; 12
arbitrators shall be appointed to terms expiring July 1,
2013; and all additional arbitrators shall be appointed to
terms expiring July 1, 2014. Thereafter, all arbitrators
shall be appointed to 3-year terms.

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Upon the expiration of a term, the Chairman shall evaluate
the performance of the arbitrator and may recommend to the
Governor that he or she be reappointed to a second or
subsequent term by the Governor with the advice and consent of
the Senate.
Each arbitrator appointed on or after the effective date of
this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly and who has
not previously served as an arbitrator for the Commission shall
be required to be authorized to practice law in this State by
the Supreme Court, and to maintain this authorization
throughout his or her term of employment.
The All arbitrators shall be subject to the provisions of
the Personnel Code, and the performance of all arbitrators
shall be reviewed by the Chairman on an annual basis. The
changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act of the 97th
General Assembly shall prevail over any conflict with the
Personnel Code. The Chairman shall allow input from the
Commissioners in all such reviews.
The Commission shall assign no fewer than 3 arbitrators to
each hearing site. The Commission shall establish a procedure
to ensure that the arbitrators assigned to each hearing site
are assigned cases on a random basis. No arbitrator shall hear
cases in any county, other than Cook County, for more than 2
years in each 3-year term.
The Secretary and each arbitrator shall receive a per annum
salary of $4,000 less than the per annum salary of members of

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The Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission as provided in
Section 13 of this Act, payable in equal monthly installments.
The members of the Commission, Arbitrators and other
employees whose duties require them to travel, shall have
reimbursed to them their actual traveling expenses and
disbursements made or incurred by them in the discharge of
their official duties while away from their place of residence
in the performance of their duties.
The Commission shall provide itself with a seal for the
authentication of its orders, awards and proceedings upon which
shall be inscribed the name of the Commission and the words
"Illinois--Seal".
The Secretary or Assistant Secretary, under the direction
of the Commission, shall have charge and custody of the seal of
the Commission and also have charge and custody of all records,
files, orders, proceedings, decisions, awards and other
documents on file with the Commission. He shall furnish
certified copies, under the seal of the Commission, of any such
records, files, orders, proceedings, decisions, awards and
other documents on file with the Commission as may be required.
Certified copies so furnished by the Secretary or Assistant
Secretary shall be received in evidence before the Commission
or any Arbitrator thereof, and in all courts, provided that the
original of such certified copy is otherwise competent and
admissible in evidence. The Secretary or Assistant Secretary
shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed from time

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to time by the Commission.
(Source: P.A. 97-18, eff. 6-28-11; 97-719, eff. 6-29-12.)
(820 ILCS 305/15a) (from Ch. 48, par. 138.15a)
Sec. 15a. The Beginning January 1, 1981, the Commission
shall prepare and publish a handbook in readily understandable
language in question and answer form containing all information
as to the rights and obligations of employers and employees
under the provisions of this Act.
Upon receipt of first report of injury, as provided for in
subsection (b) of Section 6 of this Act, the Commission shall
determine that a copy of the handbook has been forwarded to the
injured employee or his beneficiary.
The handbook shall be made available free of charge to the
general public and be maintained on the Commission's Internet
website.
The Commission shall provide informational assistance to
employers and employees regarding their rights and obligations
under this Act and the process and procedure before the
Commission.
(Source: P.A. 86-998.)
(820 ILCS 305/16a) (from Ch. 48, par. 138.16a)
Sec. 16a. (A) In the establishment or approval of
attorney's fees in relation to claims brought under this Act,
the Commission shall be guided by the provisions of this

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Section and by the legislative intent, hereby declared, to
encourage settlement and prompt administrative handling of
such claims and thereby reduce expenses to claimants for
compensation under this Act.
(B) With respect to any and all proceedings in connection
with any initial or original claim under this Act, no claim of
any attorney for services rendered in connection with the
securing of compensation for an employee or his dependents,
whether secured by agreement, order, award or a judgment in any
court shall exceed 20% of the amount of compensation recovered
and paid, unless further fees shall be allowed to the attorney
upon a hearing by the Commission fixing fees, and subject to
the other provisions of this Section. However, except as
hereinafter provided in this Section, in death cases, total
disability cases and partial disability cases, the amount of an
attorney's fees shall not exceed 20% of the sum which would be
due under this Act for 364 weeks of permanent total disability
based upon the employee's average gross weekly wage prior to
the date of the accident and subject to the maximum weekly
benefits provided in this Act unless the employee or his or her
dependents, as applicable, waive in writing the 364-week limit
on attorney's fees or unless further fees shall be allowed to
the attorney upon a hearing by the Commission fixing fees. An
employee or his or her dependents, as applicable, may waive in
writing the 364-week limit on attorney's fees in death cases,
total disability cases, and partial disability cases.

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(C) All attorneys' fees in connection with the initial or
original claim for compensation shall be fixed pursuant to a
written contract on forms prescribed by the Commission between
the attorney and the employee or his dependents, and every
attorney, whether the disposition of the original claim is by
agreement, settlement, award, judgment or otherwise, shall
file his contract with the Chairman of the Commission who shall
approve the contract only if it is in accordance with all
provisions of this Section.
(D) No attorneys' fees shall be charged with respect to
compensation for undisputed medical expenses.
(E) No attorneys' fees shall be charged in connection with
any temporary total disability compensation unless the payment
of such compensation in a timely manner or in the proper amount
is refused, or unless such compensation is terminated by the
employer and the payment of such compensation is obtained or
reinstated by the efforts of the attorney, whether by
agreement, settlement, award or judgment.
(F) In the following cases in which there is no dispute
between the parties as to the liability of the respondent to
pay compensation in a timely manner or in the proper amount and
there is no dispute that the accident has resulted in:
(1) the death of the employee; or
(2) a statutory permanent disability; or
(3) the amputation of a finger, toe, or member; or
(4) the removal of a testicle; or

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(5) the enucleation of or 100% loss of vision of an
eye;
the legal fees, if any, for services rendered are to be fixed
by the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission at a nominal
amount, not exceeding $100.
(G) In the following cases in which there is no dispute
between the parties as to the liability of the respondent to
pay compensation and there is no dispute that the accident has
resulted in:
(1) a fracture of one or more vertebrae; or
(2) a skull fracture; or
(3) a fracture of one or more spinous or transverse
processes; or
(4) a fracture of one or more facial bones; or
(5) the removal of a kidney, spleen or lung;
the legal fees, if any, for services rendered are to be fixed
by the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission at a nominal
amount, not exceeding $100, provided that the employee is
awarded the minimum amount for the above injuries as specified
in Section 8(d)2.
(H) With regard to any claim where the amount to be paid
for compensation does not exceed the written offer made to the
claimant or claimants by the employer or his agent prior to
representation by an attorney, no fees shall be paid to any
such attorney.
(I) All attorneys' fees for representation of an employee

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or his dependents shall be only recoverable from compensation
actually paid to such employee or dependents.
(J) Any and all disputes regarding attorneys' fees, whether
such disputes relate to which one or more attorneys represents
the claimant or claimants or is entitled to the attorneys'
fees, or a division of attorneys' fees where the claimant or
claimants are or have been represented by more than one
attorney, or any other disputes concerning attorneys' fees or
contracts for attorneys' fees, shall be heard and determined by
the Commission after reasonable notice to all interested
parties and attorneys.
(K) After reasonable notice and hearing before the
Commission, any attorney found to be in violation of any
provision of this Section shall be required to make restitution
of any excess fees charged plus interest at a reasonable rate
as determined by the Commission.
(Source: P.A. 93-721, eff. 1-1-05.)
(820 ILCS 305/19) (from Ch. 48, par. 138.19)
Sec. 19. Any disputed questions of law or fact shall be
determined as herein provided.
(a) It shall be the duty of the Commission upon
notification that the parties have failed to reach an
agreement, to designate an Arbitrator.
1. Whenever any claimant misconceives his remedy and
files an application for adjustment of claim under this Act

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and it is subsequently discovered, at any time before final
disposition of such cause, that the claim for disability or
death which was the basis for such application should
properly have been made under the Workers' Occupational
Diseases Act, then the provisions of Section 19, paragraph
(a-1) of the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act having
reference to such application shall apply.
2. Whenever any claimant misconceives his remedy and
files an application for adjustment of claim under the
Workers' Occupational Diseases Act and it is subsequently
discovered, at any time before final disposition of such
cause that the claim for injury or death which was the
basis for such application should properly have been made
under this Act, then the application so filed under the
Workers' Occupational Diseases Act may be amended in form,
substance or both to assert claim for such disability or
death under this Act and it shall be deemed to have been so
filed as amended on the date of the original filing
thereof, and such compensation may be awarded as is
warranted by the whole evidence pursuant to this Act. When
such amendment is submitted, further or additional
evidence may be heard by the Arbitrator or Commission when
deemed necessary. Nothing in this Section contained shall
be construed to be or permit a waiver of any provisions of
this Act with reference to notice but notice if given shall
be deemed to be a notice under the provisions of this Act

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if given within the time required herein.
(b) The Arbitrator shall make such inquiries and
investigations as he or they shall deem necessary and may
examine and inspect all books, papers, records, places, or
premises relating to the questions in dispute and hear such
proper evidence as the parties may submit.
The hearings before the Arbitrator shall be held in the
vicinity where the injury occurred after 10 days' notice of the
time and place of such hearing shall have been given to each of
the parties or their attorneys of record.
The Arbitrator may find that the disabling condition is
temporary and has not yet reached a permanent condition and may
order the payment of compensation up to the date of the
hearing, which award shall be reviewable and enforceable in the
same manner as other awards, and in no instance be a bar to a
further hearing and determination of a further amount of
temporary total compensation or of compensation for permanent
disability, but shall be conclusive as to all other questions
except the nature and extent of said disability.
The decision of the Arbitrator shall be filed with the
Commission which Commission shall immediately send to each
party or his attorney a copy of such decision, together with a
notification of the time when it was filed. As of the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, all
decisions of the Arbitrator shall set forth in writing findings
of fact and conclusions of law, separately stated, if requested

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by either party. Unless a petition for review is filed by
either party within 30 days after the receipt by such party of
the copy of the decision and notification of time when filed,
and unless such party petitioning for a review shall within 35
days after the receipt by him of the copy of the decision, file
with the Commission either an agreed statement of the facts
appearing upon the hearing before the Arbitrator, or if such
party shall so elect a correct transcript of evidence of the
proceedings at such hearings, then the decision shall become
the decision of the Commission and in the absence of fraud
shall be conclusive. The Petition for Review shall contain a
statement of the petitioning party's specific exceptions to the
decision of the arbitrator. The jurisdiction of the Commission
to review the decision of the arbitrator shall not be limited
to the exceptions stated in the Petition for Review. The
Commission, or any member thereof, may grant further time not
exceeding 30 days, in which to file such agreed statement or
transcript of evidence. Such agreed statement of facts or
correct transcript of evidence, as the case may be, shall be
authenticated by the signatures of the parties or their
attorneys, and in the event they do not agree as to the
correctness of the transcript of evidence it shall be
authenticated by the signature of the Arbitrator designated by
the Commission.
Whether the employee is working or not, if the employee is
not receiving or has not received medical, surgical, or

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hospital services or other services or compensation as provided
in paragraph (a) of Section 8, or compensation as provided in
paragraph (b) of Section 8, the employee may at any time
petition for an expedited hearing by an Arbitrator on the issue
of whether or not he or she is entitled to receive payment of
the services or compensation. Provided the employer continues
to pay compensation pursuant to paragraph (b) of Section 8, the
employer may at any time petition for an expedited hearing on
the issue of whether or not the employee is entitled to receive
medical, surgical, or hospital services or other services or
compensation as provided in paragraph (a) of Section 8, or
compensation as provided in paragraph (b) of Section 8. When an
employer has petitioned for an expedited hearing, the employer
shall continue to pay compensation as provided in paragraph (b)
of Section 8 unless the arbitrator renders a decision that the
employee is not entitled to the benefits that are the subject
of the expedited hearing or unless the employee's treating
physician has released the employee to return to work at his or
her regular job with the employer or the employee actually
returns to work at any other job. If the arbitrator renders a
decision that the employee is not entitled to the benefits that
are the subject of the expedited hearing, a petition for review
filed by the employee shall receive the same priority as if the
employee had filed a petition for an expedited hearing by an
Arbitrator. Neither party shall be entitled to an expedited
hearing when the employee has returned to work and the sole

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issue in dispute amounts to less than 12 weeks of unpaid
compensation pursuant to paragraph (b) of Section 8.
Expedited hearings shall have priority over all other
petitions and shall be heard by the Arbitrator and Commission
with all convenient speed. Any party requesting an expedited
hearing shall give notice of a request for an expedited hearing
under this paragraph. A copy of the Application for Adjustment
of Claim shall be attached to the notice. The Commission shall
adopt rules and procedures under which the final decision of
the Commission under this paragraph is filed not later than 180
days from the date that the Petition for Review is filed with
the Commission.
Where 2 or more insurance carriers, private self-insureds,
or a group workers' compensation pool under Article V 3/4 of
the Illinois Insurance Code dispute coverage for the same
injury, any such insurance carrier, private self-insured, or
group workers' compensation pool may request an expedited
hearing pursuant to this paragraph to determine the issue of
coverage, provided coverage is the only issue in dispute and
all other issues are stipulated and agreed to and further
provided that all compensation benefits including medical
benefits pursuant to Section 8(a) continue to be paid to or on
behalf of petitioner. Any insurance carrier, private
self-insured, or group workers' compensation pool that is
determined to be liable for coverage for the injury in issue
shall reimburse any insurance carrier, private self-insured,

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or group workers' compensation pool that has paid benefits to
or on behalf of petitioner for the injury.
(b-1) If the employee is not receiving medical, surgical or
hospital services as provided in paragraph (a) of Section 8 or
compensation as provided in paragraph (b) of Section 8, the
employee, in accordance with Commission Rules, may file a
petition for an emergency hearing by an Arbitrator on the issue
of whether or not he is entitled to receive payment of such
compensation or services as provided therein. Such petition
shall have priority over all other petitions and shall be heard
by the Arbitrator and Commission with all convenient speed.
Such petition shall contain the following information and
shall be served on the employer at least 15 days before it is
filed:
(i) the date and approximate time of accident;
(ii) the approximate location of the accident;
(iii) a description of the accident;
(iv) the nature of the injury incurred by the employee;
(v) the identity of the person, if known, to whom the
accident was reported and the date on which it was
reported;
(vi) the name and title of the person, if known,
representing the employer with whom the employee conferred
in any effort to obtain compensation pursuant to paragraph
(b) of Section 8 of this Act or medical, surgical or
hospital services pursuant to paragraph (a) of Section 8 of

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this Act and the date of such conference;
(vii) a statement that the employer has refused to pay
compensation pursuant to paragraph (b) of Section 8 of this
Act or for medical, surgical or hospital services pursuant
to paragraph (a) of Section 8 of this Act;
(viii) the name and address, if known, of each witness
to the accident and of each other person upon whom the
employee will rely to support his allegations;
(ix) the dates of treatment related to the accident by
medical practitioners, and the names and addresses of such
practitioners, including the dates of treatment related to
the accident at any hospitals and the names and addresses
of such hospitals, and a signed authorization permitting
the employer to examine all medical records of all
practitioners and hospitals named pursuant to this
paragraph;
(x) a copy of a signed report by a medical
practitioner, relating to the employee's current inability
to return to work because of the injuries incurred as a
result of the accident or such other documents or
affidavits which show that the employee is entitled to
receive compensation pursuant to paragraph (b) of Section 8
of this Act or medical, surgical or hospital services
pursuant to paragraph (a) of Section 8 of this Act. Such
reports, documents or affidavits shall state, if possible,
the history of the accident given by the employee, and

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describe the injury and medical diagnosis, the medical
services for such injury which the employee has received
and is receiving, the physical activities which the
employee cannot currently perform as a result of any
impairment or disability due to such injury, and the
prognosis for recovery;
(xi) complete copies of any reports, records,
documents and affidavits in the possession of the employee
on which the employee will rely to support his allegations,
provided that the employer shall pay the reasonable cost of
reproduction thereof;
(xii) a list of any reports, records, documents and
affidavits which the employee has demanded by subpoena and
on which he intends to rely to support his allegations;
(xiii) a certification signed by the employee or his
representative that the employer has received the petition
with the required information 15 days before filing.
Fifteen days after receipt by the employer of the petition
with the required information the employee may file said
petition and required information and shall serve notice of the
filing upon the employer. The employer may file a motion
addressed to the sufficiency of the petition. If an objection
has been filed to the sufficiency of the petition, the
arbitrator shall rule on the objection within 2 working days.
If such an objection is filed, the time for filing the final
decision of the Commission as provided in this paragraph shall

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be tolled until the arbitrator has determined that the petition
is sufficient.
The employer shall, within 15 days after receipt of the
notice that such petition is filed, file with the Commission
and serve on the employee or his representative a written
response to each claim set forth in the petition, including the
legal and factual basis for each disputed allegation and the
following information: (i) complete copies of any reports,
records, documents and affidavits in the possession of the
employer on which the employer intends to rely in support of
his response, (ii) a list of any reports, records, documents
and affidavits which the employer has demanded by subpoena and
on which the employer intends to rely in support of his
response, (iii) the name and address of each witness on whom
the employer will rely to support his response, and (iv) the
names and addresses of any medical practitioners selected by
the employer pursuant to Section 12 of this Act and the time
and place of any examination scheduled to be made pursuant to
such Section.
Any employer who does not timely file and serve a written
response without good cause may not introduce any evidence to
dispute any claim of the employee but may cross examine the
employee or any witness brought by the employee and otherwise
be heard.
No document or other evidence not previously identified by
either party with the petition or written response, or by any

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other means before the hearing, may be introduced into evidence
without good cause. If, at the hearing, material information is
discovered which was not previously disclosed, the Arbitrator
may extend the time for closing proof on the motion of a party
for a reasonable period of time which may be more than 30 days.
No evidence may be introduced pursuant to this paragraph as to
permanent disability. No award may be entered for permanent
disability pursuant to this paragraph. Either party may
introduce into evidence the testimony taken by deposition of
any medical practitioner.
The Commission shall adopt rules, regulations and
procedures whereby the final decision of the Commission is
filed not later than 90 days from the date the petition for
review is filed but in no event later than 180 days from the
date the petition for an emergency hearing is filed with the
Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission.
All service required pursuant to this paragraph (b-1) must
be by personal service or by certified mail and with evidence
of receipt. In addition for the purposes of this paragraph, all
service on the employer must be at the premises where the
accident occurred if the premises are owned or operated by the
employer. Otherwise service must be at the employee's principal
place of employment by the employer. If service on the employer
is not possible at either of the above, then service shall be
at the employer's principal place of business. After initial
service in each case, service shall be made on the employer's

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attorney or designated representative.
(c) (1) At a reasonable time in advance of and in
connection with the hearing under Section 19(e) or 19(h), the
Commission may on its own motion order an impartial physical or
mental examination of a petitioner whose mental or physical
condition is in issue, when in the Commission's discretion it
appears that such an examination will materially aid in the
just determination of the case. The examination shall be made
by a member or members of a panel of physicians chosen for
their special qualifications by the Illinois State Medical
Society. The Commission shall establish procedures by which a
physician shall be selected from such list.
(2) Should the Commission at any time during the hearing
find that compelling considerations make it advisable to have
an examination and report at that time, the commission may in
its discretion so order.
(3) A copy of the report of examination shall be given to
the Commission and to the attorneys for the parties.
(4) Either party or the Commission may call the examining
physician or physicians to testify. Any physician so called
shall be subject to cross-examination.
(5) The examination shall be made, and the physician or
physicians, if called, shall testify, without cost to the
parties. The Commission shall determine the compensation and
the pay of the physician or physicians. The compensation for
this service shall not exceed the usual and customary amount

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for such service.
(6) The fees and payment thereof of all attorneys and
physicians for services authorized by the Commission under this
Act shall, upon request of either the employer or the employee
or the beneficiary affected, be subject to the review and
decision of the Commission.
(d) If any employee shall persist in insanitary or
injurious practices which tend to either imperil or retard his
recovery or shall refuse to submit to such medical, surgical,
or hospital treatment as is reasonably essential to promote his
recovery, the Commission may, in its discretion, reduce or
suspend the compensation of any such injured employee. However,
when an employer and employee so agree in writing, the
foregoing provision shall not be construed to authorize the
reduction or suspension of compensation of an employee who is
relying in good faith, on treatment by prayer or spiritual
means alone, in accordance with the tenets and practice of a
recognized church or religious denomination, by a duly
accredited practitioner thereof.
(e) This paragraph shall apply to all hearings before the
Commission. Such hearings may be held in its office or
elsewhere as the Commission may deem advisable. The taking of
testimony on such hearings may be had before any member of the
Commission. If a petition for review and agreed statement of
facts or transcript of evidence is filed, as provided herein,
the Commission shall promptly review the decision of the

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Arbitrator and all questions of law or fact which appear from
the statement of facts or transcript of evidence.
In all cases in which the hearing before the arbitrator is
held after December 18, 1989, no additional evidence shall be
introduced by the parties before the Commission on review of
the decision of the Arbitrator. In reviewing decisions of an
arbitrator the Commission shall award such temporary
compensation, permanent compensation and other payments as are
due under this Act. The Commission shall file in its office its
decision thereon, and shall immediately send to each party or
his attorney a copy of such decision and a notification of the
time when it was filed. Decisions shall be filed within 60 days
after the Statement of Exceptions and Supporting Brief and
Response thereto are required to be filed or oral argument
whichever is later.
In the event either party requests oral argument, such
argument shall be had before a panel of 3 members of the
Commission (or before all available members pursuant to the
determination of 7 members of the Commission that such argument
be held before all available members of the Commission)
pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Commission. A
panel of 3 members, which shall be comprised of not more than
one representative citizen of the employing class and not more
than one representative citizen of the employee class, shall
hear the argument; provided that if all the issues in dispute
are solely the nature and extent of the permanent partial

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disability, if any, a majority of the panel may deny the
request for such argument and such argument shall not be held;
and provided further that 7 members of the Commission may
determine that the argument be held before all available
members of the Commission. A decision of the Commission shall
be approved by a majority of Commissioners present at such
hearing if any; provided, if no such hearing is held, a
decision of the Commission shall be approved by a majority of a
panel of 3 members of the Commission as described in this
Section. The Commission shall give 10 days' notice to the
parties or their attorneys of the time and place of such taking
of testimony and of such argument.
In any case the Commission in its decision may find
specially upon any question or questions of law or fact which
shall be submitted in writing by either party whether ultimate
or otherwise; provided that on issues other than nature and
extent of the disability, if any, the Commission in its
decision shall find specially upon any question or questions of
law or fact, whether ultimate or otherwise, which are submitted
in writing by either party; provided further that not more than
5 such questions may be submitted by either party. Any party
may, within 20 days after receipt of notice of the Commission's
decision, or within such further time, not exceeding 30 days,
as the Commission may grant, file with the Commission either an
agreed statement of the facts appearing upon the hearing, or,
if such party shall so elect, a correct transcript of evidence

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of the additional proceedings presented before the Commission,
in which report the party may embody a correct statement of
such other proceedings in the case as such party may desire to
have reviewed, such statement of facts or transcript of
evidence to be authenticated by the signature of the parties or
their attorneys, and in the event that they do not agree, then
the authentication of such transcript of evidence shall be by
the signature of any member of the Commission.
If a reporter does not for any reason furnish a transcript
of the proceedings before the Arbitrator in any case for use on
a hearing for review before the Commission, within the
limitations of time as fixed in this Section, the Commission
may, in its discretion, order a trial de novo before the
Commission in such case upon application of either party. The
applications for adjustment of claim and other documents in the
nature of pleadings filed by either party, together with the
decisions of the Arbitrator and of the Commission and the
statement of facts or transcript of evidence hereinbefore
provided for in paragraphs (b) and (c) shall be the record of
the proceedings of the Commission, and shall be subject to
review as hereinafter provided.
At the request of either party or on its own motion, the
Commission shall set forth in writing the reasons for the
decision, including findings of fact and conclusions of law
separately stated. The Commission shall by rule adopt a format
for written decisions for the Commission and arbitrators. The

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written decisions shall be concise and shall succinctly state
the facts and reasons for the decision. The Commission may
adopt in whole or in part, the decision of the arbitrator as
the decision of the Commission. When the Commission does so
adopt the decision of the arbitrator, it shall do so by order.
Whenever the Commission adopts part of the arbitrator's
decision, but not all, it shall include in the order the
reasons for not adopting all of the arbitrator's decision. When
a majority of a panel, after deliberation, has arrived at its
decision, the decision shall be filed as provided in this
Section without unnecessary delay, and without regard to the
fact that a member of the panel has expressed an intention to
dissent. Any member of the panel may file a dissent. Any
dissent shall be filed no later than 10 days after the decision
of the majority has been filed.
Decisions rendered by the Commission and dissents, if any,
shall be published together by the Commission. The conclusions
of law set out in such decisions shall be regarded as
precedents by arbitrators for the purpose of achieving a more
uniform administration of this Act.
(f) The decision of the Commission acting within its
powers, according to the provisions of paragraph (e) of this
Section shall, in the absence of fraud, be conclusive unless
reviewed as in this paragraph hereinafter provided. However,
the Arbitrator or the Commission may on his or its own motion,
or on the motion of either party, correct any clerical error or

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errors in computation within 15 days after the date of receipt
of any award by such Arbitrator or any decision on review of
the Commission and shall have the power to recall the original
award on arbitration or decision on review, and issue in lieu
thereof such corrected award or decision. Where such correction
is made the time for review herein specified shall begin to run
from the date of the receipt of the corrected award or
decision.
(1) Except in cases of claims against the State of
Illinois other than those claims under Section 18.1, in
which case the decision of the Commission shall not be
subject to judicial review, the Circuit Court of the county
where any of the parties defendant may be found, or if none
of the parties defendant can be found in this State then
the Circuit Court of the county where the accident
occurred, shall by summons to the Commission have power to
review all questions of law and fact presented by such
record.
A proceeding for review shall be commenced within 20
days of the receipt of notice of the decision of the
Commission. The summons shall be issued by the clerk of
such court upon written request returnable on a designated
return day, not less than 10 or more than 60 days from the
date of issuance thereof, and the written request shall
contain the last known address of other parties in interest
and their attorneys of record who are to be served by

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summons. Service upon any member of the Commission or the
Secretary or the Assistant Secretary thereof shall be
service upon the Commission, and service upon other parties
in interest and their attorneys of record shall be by
summons, and such service shall be made upon the Commission
and other parties in interest by mailing notices of the
commencement of the proceedings and the return day of the
summons to the office of the Commission and to the last
known place of residence of other parties in interest or
their attorney or attorneys of record. The clerk of the
court issuing the summons shall on the day of issue mail
notice of the commencement of the proceedings which shall
be done by mailing a copy of the summons to the office of
the Commission, and a copy of the summons to the other
parties in interest or their attorney or attorneys of
record and the clerk of the court shall make certificate
that he has so sent said notices in pursuance of this
Section, which shall be evidence of service on the
Commission and other parties in interest.
The Commission shall not be required to certify the
record of their proceedings to the Circuit Court, unless
the party commencing the proceedings for review in the
Circuit Court as above provided, shall pay to the
Commission the sum of 80¢ per page of testimony taken
before the Commission, and 35¢ per page of all other
matters contained in such record, except as otherwise

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provided by Section 20 of this Act. Payment for photostatic
copies of exhibit shall be extra. It shall be the duty of
the Commission upon receipt of the summons from the Circuit
Court such payment, or failure to pay as permitted under
Section 20 of this Act, to prepare a true and correct
typewritten copy of such testimony and a true and correct
copy of all other matters contained in such record and
certified to by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary
thereof. The changes made to this subdivision (f)(1) apply
to any Commission decision received after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.
In its decision on review the Commission shall
determine in each particular case the amount of the
probable cost of the record to be filed as a part of the
summons in that case and no request for a summons may be
filed and no summons shall issue unless the party seeking
to review the decision of the Commission shall exhibit to
the clerk of the Circuit Court proof of payment by filing a
receipt showing payment or an affidavit of the attorney
setting forth that payment has been made of the sums so
determined to the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the
Commission, except as otherwise provided by Section 20 of
this Act.
(2) No such summons shall issue unless the one against
whom the Commission shall have rendered an award for the
payment of money shall upon the filing of his written

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request for such summons file with the clerk of the court a
bond conditioned that if he shall not successfully
prosecute the review, he will pay the award and the costs
of the proceedings in the courts. The amount of the bond
shall be fixed by any member of the Commission and the
surety or sureties of the bond shall be approved by the
clerk of the court. The acceptance of the bond by the clerk
of the court shall constitute evidence of his approval of
the bond.
Every county, city, town, township, incorporated
village, school district, body politic or municipal
corporation against whom the Commission shall have
rendered an award for the payment of money shall not be
required to file a bond to secure the payment of the award
and the costs of the proceedings in the court to authorize
the court to issue such summons.
The court may confirm or set aside the decision of the
Commission. If the decision is set aside and the facts
found in the proceedings before the Commission are
sufficient, the court may enter such decision as is
justified by law, or may remand the cause to the Commission
for further proceedings and may state the questions
requiring further hearing, and give such other
instructions as may be proper. Appeals shall be taken to
the Appellate Court in accordance with Supreme Court Rules
22(g) and 303. Appeals shall be taken from the Appellate

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Court to the Supreme Court in accordance with Supreme Court
Rule 315.
It shall be the duty of the clerk of any court
rendering a decision affecting or affirming an award of the
Commission to promptly furnish the Commission with a copy
of such decision, without charge.
The decision of a majority of the members of the panel
of the Commission, shall be considered the decision of the
Commission.
(g) Except in the case of a claim against the State of
Illinois, either party may present a certified copy of the
award of the Arbitrator, or a certified copy of the decision of
the Commission when the same has become final, when no
proceedings for review are pending, providing for the payment
of compensation according to this Act, to the Circuit Court of
the county in which such accident occurred or either of the
parties are residents, whereupon the court shall enter a
judgment in accordance therewith. In a case where the employer
refuses to pay compensation according to such final award or
such final decision upon which such judgment is entered the
court shall in entering judgment thereon, tax as costs against
him the reasonable costs and attorney fees in the arbitration
proceedings and in the court entering the judgment for the
person in whose favor the judgment is entered, which judgment
and costs taxed as therein provided shall, until and unless set
aside, have the same effect as though duly entered in an action

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duly tried and determined by the court, and shall with like
effect, be entered and docketed. The Circuit Court shall have
power at any time upon application to make any such judgment
conform to any modification required by any subsequent decision
of the Supreme Court upon appeal, or as the result of any
subsequent proceedings for review, as provided in this Act.
Judgment shall not be entered until 15 days' notice of the
time and place of the application for the entry of judgment
shall be served upon the employer by filing such notice with
the Commission, which Commission shall, in case it has on file
the address of the employer or the name and address of its
agent upon whom notices may be served, immediately send a copy
of the notice to the employer or such designated agent.
(h) An agreement or award under this Act providing for
compensation in installments, may at any time within 18 months
after such agreement or award be reviewed by the Commission at
the request of either the employer or the employee, on the
ground that the disability of the employee has subsequently
recurred, increased, diminished or ended.
However, as to accidents occurring subsequent to July 1,
1955, which are covered by any agreement or award under this
Act providing for compensation in installments made as a result
of such accident, such agreement or award may at any time
within 30 months, or 60 months in the case of an award under
Section 8(d)1, after such agreement or award be reviewed by the
Commission at the request of either the employer or the

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employee on the ground that the disability of the employee has
subsequently recurred, increased, diminished or ended.
On such review, compensation payments may be
re-established, increased, diminished or ended. The Commission
shall give 15 days' notice to the parties of the hearing for
review. Any employee, upon any petition for such review being
filed by the employer, shall be entitled to one day's notice
for each 100 miles necessary to be traveled by him in attending
the hearing of the Commission upon the petition, and 3 days in
addition thereto. Such employee shall, at the discretion of the
Commission, also be entitled to 5 cents per mile necessarily
traveled by him within the State of Illinois in attending such
hearing, not to exceed a distance of 300 miles, to be taxed by
the Commission as costs and deposited with the petition of the
employer.
When compensation which is payable in accordance with an
award or settlement contract approved by the Commission, is
ordered paid in a lump sum by the Commission, no review shall
be had as in this paragraph mentioned.
(i) Each party, upon taking any proceedings or steps
whatsoever before any Arbitrator, Commission or court, shall
file with the Commission his address, or the name and address
of any agent upon whom all notices to be given to such party
shall be served, either personally or by registered mail,
addressed to such party or agent at the last address so filed
with the Commission. In the event such party has not filed his

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address, or the name and address of an agent as above provided,
service of any notice may be had by filing such notice with the
Commission.
(j) Whenever in any proceeding testimony has been taken or
a final decision has been rendered and after the taking of such
testimony or after such decision has become final, the injured
employee dies, then in any subsequent proceedings brought by
the personal representative or beneficiaries of the deceased
employee, such testimony in the former proceeding may be
introduced with the same force and effect as though the witness
having so testified were present in person in such subsequent
proceedings and such final decision, if any, shall be taken as
final adjudication of any of the issues which are the same in
both proceedings.
(k) In a case where there has been any unreasonable or
vexatious delay in the authorization of medical treatment or in
the of payment of compensation or an intentional underpayment
of compensation, or proceedings have been instituted or carried
on by the one liable to pay the compensation, which do not
present a real controversy, but are merely frivolous or for
delay, then the Commission may award compensation additional to
that otherwise payable under this Act equal to 50% of the
amount payable at the time of such award. Failure to pay
compensation in accordance with the provisions of Section 8,
paragraph (b) of this Act, shall be considered unreasonable
delay.

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When determining whether this subsection (k) shall apply,
the Commission shall consider whether an Arbitrator has
determined that the claim is not compensable or whether the
employer has made payments under Section 8(j).
(l) If the employee has made written demand for payment of
benefits under Section 8(a) or Section 8(b), the employer shall
have 14 days after receipt of the demand to set forth in
writing the reason for the delay. In the case of demand for
payment of medical benefits under Section 8(a), the time for
the employer to respond shall not commence until the expiration
of the allotted 30 days specified under Section 8.2(d). In case
the employer or his or her insurance carrier shall without good
and just cause fail, neglect, refuse, or unreasonably delay the
payment of benefits under Section 8(a) or Section 8(b), the
Arbitrator or the Commission shall allow to the employee
additional compensation in the sum of $30 per day for each day
that the benefits under Section 8(a) or Section 8(b) have been
so withheld or refused, not to exceed $10,000. A delay in
payment of 14 days or more shall create a rebuttable
presumption of unreasonable delay.
(m) If the commission finds that an accidental injury was
directly and proximately caused by the employer's wilful
violation of a health and safety standard under the Health and
Safety Act in force at the time of the accident, the arbitrator
or the Commission shall allow to the injured employee or his
dependents, as the case may be, additional compensation equal

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to 25% of the amount which otherwise would be payable under the
provisions of this Act exclusive of this paragraph. The
additional compensation herein provided shall be allowed by an
appropriate increase in the applicable weekly compensation
rate.
(n) After June 30, 1984 and before January 1, 2014,
decisions of the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission
reviewing an award of an arbitrator of the Commission shall
draw interest at a rate equal to the yield on indebtedness
issued by the United States Government with a 26-week maturity
next previously auctioned on the day on which the decision is
filed. Said rate of interest shall be set forth in the
Arbitrator's Decision. Beginning January 1, 2014, decisions of
the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission reviewing an
award of an arbitrator of the Commission shall draw interest at
a rate equal to 3 percentage points above the average quoted
prime rate on short-term commercial loans in effect on the day
on which the decision is made, as reported by the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System in Statistical Release
H. 15 ("Selected Interest Rates"), or any successor Release
reporting such rate. Interest shall be drawn from the date of
the arbitrator's award on all accrued compensation due the
employee through the day prior to the date of payments.
However, when an employee appeals an award of an Arbitrator or
the Commission, and the appeal results in no change or a
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the date of such appeal.
The employer or his insurance carrier may tender the
payments due under the award to stop the further accrual of
interest on such award notwithstanding the prosecution by
either party of review, certiorari, appeal to the Supreme Court
or other steps to reverse, vacate or modify the award.
(o) By the 15th day of each month each insurer providing
coverage for losses under this Act shall notify each insured
employer of any compensable claim incurred during the preceding
month and the amounts paid or reserved on the claim including a
summary of the claim and a brief statement of the reasons for
compensability. A cumulative report of all claims incurred
during a calendar year or continued from the previous year
shall be furnished to the insured employer by the insurer
within 30 days after the end of that calendar year.
The insured employer may challenge, in proceeding before
the Commission, payments made by the insurer without
arbitration and payments made after a case is determined to be
noncompensable. If the Commission finds that the case was not
compensable, the insurer shall purge its records as to that
employer of any loss or expense associated with the claim,
reimburse the employer for attorneys' fees arising from the
challenge and for any payment required of the employer to the
Rate Adjustment Fund or the Second Injury Fund, and may not
reflect the loss or expense for rate making purposes. The
employee shall not be required to refund the challenged

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payment. The decision of the Commission may be reviewed in the
same manner as in arbitrated cases. No challenge may be
initiated under this paragraph more than 3 years after the
payment is made. An employer may waive the right of challenge
under this paragraph on a case by case basis.
(p) After filing an application for adjustment of claim but
prior to the hearing on arbitration the parties may voluntarily
agree to submit such application for adjustment of claim for
decision by an arbitrator under this subsection (p) where such
application for adjustment of claim raises only a dispute over
temporary total disability, permanent partial disability or
medical expenses. Such agreement shall be in writing in such
form as provided by the Commission. Applications for adjustment
of claim submitted for decision by an arbitrator under this
subsection (p) shall proceed according to rule as established
by the Commission. The Commission shall promulgate rules
including, but not limited to, rules to ensure that the parties
are adequately informed of their rights under this subsection
(p) and of the voluntary nature of proceedings under this
subsection (p). The findings of fact made by an arbitrator
acting within his or her powers under this subsection (p) in
the absence of fraud shall be conclusive. However, the
arbitrator may on his own motion, or the motion of either
party, correct any clerical errors or errors in computation
within 15 days after the date of receipt of such award of the
arbitrator and shall have the power to recall the original

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award on arbitration, and issue in lieu thereof such corrected
award. The decision of the arbitrator under this subsection (p)
shall be considered the decision of the Commission and
proceedings for review of questions of law arising from the
decision may be commenced by either party pursuant to
subsection (f) of Section 19. The Advisory Board established
under Section 13.1 shall compile a list of certified Commission
arbitrators, each of whom shall be approved by at least 7
members of the Advisory Board. The chairman shall select 5
persons from such list to serve as arbitrators under this
subsection (p). By agreement, the parties shall select one
arbitrator from among the 5 persons selected by the chairman
except that if the parties do not agree on an arbitrator from
among the 5 persons, the parties may, by agreement, select an
arbitrator of the American Arbitration Association, whose fee
shall be paid by the State in accordance with rules promulgated
by the Commission. Arbitration under this subsection (p) shall
be voluntary.
(Source: P.A. 97-18, eff. 6-28-11.)
(820 ILCS 305/19a) (from Ch. 48, par. 138.19b)
Sec. 19a. Money received by the Commission pursuant to
subsection (f) of Section 19 of this Act shall be paid into a
trust fund outside the State Treasury and shall be held in such
fund until completion of the record for which the payment was
made. The Secretary of the Commission shall be ex-officio

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custodian of such trust fund which shall be used only for the
purpose specified in this section. Upon completion of the
record the Secretary shall pay the amount so held to the person
entitled thereto for preparation of the record. Within 60 days
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th
General Assembly, the Secretary of the Commission shall
transfer all remaining funds to the Injured Workers' Benefit
Fund for the purpose of paying claims from injured employees
who have received a final award for benefits from the
Commission against the employer in Fiscal Year 2013.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 324.)
(820 ILCS 305/20) (from Ch. 48, par. 138.20)
Sec. 20. If the Commission shall, before or after any
hearing, proceeding, or review to any court, be satisfied that
the employee is a poor person, and unable to pay the costs and
expenses provided for by this Act, the Commission shall permit
such poor person to have all the rights and remedies provided
by this Act, including the issuance and service of subpoenas; a
transcript of testimony and the record of proceedings,
including photostatic copies of exhibits, at hearings before an
Arbitrator or the Commission; the right to have the record of
proceedings certified to the circuit court; the right to the
filing of a written request for summons; and the right to the
issuance of summons, without the filing of a bond for costs and
without the payment of any of the costs provided for by this

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Act. If an award is granted to such employee, or settlement is
made, the costs and expenses chargeable to the employee as
provided for by this Act shall be paid by the employer out of
the award herein granted, or settlement, before any of the
balance of the award or settlement is paid to the employee.
(Source: P.A. 86-998.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.".