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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. | |
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| | SB1185 | | LRB104 07675 RPS 17719 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by adding |
| 5 | | Section 5-156.5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (40 ILCS 5/5-156.5 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 5-156.5. Presumption of disability; reinstatement. |
| 8 | | (a) A policeman who applies for disability benefits under |
| 9 | | this Article and has been denied reinstatement as a policeman |
| 10 | | by his or her employer because of a physical or mental |
| 11 | | incapacity shall be presumed to be disabled as that term is |
| 12 | | used in this Article. |
| 13 | | (b) No policeman who otherwise meets the requirements for |
| 14 | | a disability benefit shall be denied a disability benefit |
| 15 | | unless and until the policeman's employer reinstates him or |
| 16 | | her as a policeman or offers him or her a limited-duty |
| 17 | | position. |
| 18 | | (c) Any policeman who has been denied a disability benefit |
| 19 | | without an offer of reinstatement or a limited-duty position |
| 20 | | after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th |
| 21 | | General Assembly is entitled to disability benefits.
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| 22 | | Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding |