Bill Text: IL SB1185 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Chicago Police Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that a policeman who applies for disability benefits under the Article and has been denied reinstatement as a policeman by his or her employer because of a physical or mental incapacity shall be presumed to be disabled as that term is used in the Article. Provides that no policeman who otherwise meets the requirements for a disability benefit shall be denied a disability benefit unless and until the policeman's employer reinstates him or her as a policeman or offers him or her a limited-duty position. Provides that any policeman who has been denied a disability benefit without an offer of reinstatement or a limited-duty position after the effective date of the amendatory Act is entitled to disability benefits. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-24 - Referred to Assignments [SB1185 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-SB1185-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1185 Introduced 1/24/2025, by Sen. Robert F. Martwick SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
40 ILCS 5/5-156.5 new
30 ILCS 805/8.49 new
Amends the Chicago Police Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that a policeman who applies for disability benefits under the Article and has been denied reinstatement as a policeman by his or her employer because of a physical or mental incapacity shall be presumed to be disabled as that term is used in the Article. Provides that no policeman who otherwise meets the requirements for a disability benefit shall be denied a disability benefit unless and until the policeman's employer reinstates him or her as a policeman or offers him or her a limited-duty position. Provides that any policeman who has been denied a disability benefit without an offer of reinstatement or a limited-duty position after the effective date of the amendatory Act is entitled to disability benefits. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
LRB104 07675 RPS 17719 b
A BILL FOR
SB1185 LRB104 07675 RPS 17719 b
AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by adding
Section 5-156.5 as follows:
(40 ILCS 5/5-156.5 new)
Sec. 5-156.5. Presumption of disability; reinstatement.
(a) A policeman who applies for disability benefits under
this Article and has been denied reinstatement as a policeman
by his or her employer because of a physical or mental
incapacity shall be presumed to be disabled as that term is
used in this Article.
(b) No policeman who otherwise meets the requirements for
a disability benefit shall be denied a disability benefit
unless and until the policeman's employer reinstates him or
her as a policeman or offers him or her a limited-duty
position.
(c) Any policeman who has been denied a disability benefit
without an offer of reinstatement or a limited-duty position
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th
General Assembly is entitled to disability benefits.
Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding

SB1185 - 2 - LRB104 07675 RPS 17719 b
Section 8.49 as follows:
(30 ILCS 805/8.49 new)
Sec. 8.49. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and
8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for
the implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory
Act of the 104th General Assembly.