HB5458sam001 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Deanna Demuzio

Filed: 4/13/2010

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5458

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5458 on page 4, by replacing lines 8 through 22 with the following:

"(h) In those cases where the injury to a State employee for which a benefit is payable under this Act was caused under circumstances creating a legal liability for damages on the part of some person other than the State employer, all of the rights and privileges, including the right to notice of suit brought against such other person and the right to commence or join in such suit, as given the employer, together with the conditions or obligations imposed under paragraph (b) of Section 5 of the Workers' Compensation Act, are also given and granted to the State, to the end that, with respect to State employees only, the State may be paid or reimbursed for the amount of benefit paid or to be paid by the State to the injured employee or his or her personal representative out of any judgment, settlement, or payment for such injury obtained by such injured employee or his or her personal representative from such other person by virtue of the injury.".