101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB2976

 

Introduced , by Rep. Frances Ann Hurley

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
40 ILCS 5/22-306  from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 22-306
30 ILCS 805/8.43 new

    Amends the Collateral Provisions Article of the Illinois Pension Code. For the City of Chicago, provides that an ordinance providing policemen and firemen with medical care and hospital treatment for accidents resulting in injury or death shall provide (1) a requirement to notify an injured employee whether he or she is entitled to benefits under the provision within a reasonable period of time after the accident causing the injury and (2) a requirement that the city provide the injured employee with benefits prior to issuing that notice, regardless of the determination made by the city. Preempts home rule powers. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
PENSION IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT
MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing
5Section 22-306 as follows:
 
6    (40 ILCS 5/22-306)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 22-306)
7    Sec. 22-306. The corporate authorities of any city or the
8village may provide by ordinance that in case of an accident
9resulting in an injury to or death of a policeman or fireman in
10the employ of such city or village while in the performance of
11his duties, the officer at the head of the department or such
12other officer as may be designated may secure and provide
13proper medical care and hospital treatment for any such
14policeman or fireman. The city or village may incur the expense
15aforesaid and appropriate and pay for the same.
16    For a city with a population of more than 1,000,000
17inhabitants, an ordinance providing policeman and fireman
18medical care and hospital treatment under this Section shall
19provide:
20        (1) a requirement to notify an injured employee whether
21    he or she is entitled to benefits under this Section within
22    a reasonable period of time after the accident causing the
23    injury; and

 

 

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1        (2) a requirement that the city provide the injured
2    employee with benefits under this Section prior to issuing
3    the required notice in paragraph (1), regardless of the
4    determination made by the city.
5    If any such accident shall be due to the negligence of some
6person or corporation that would be liable in damages therefor,
7the city or village may recover any expense of medical care and
8hospital treatment expended by it from the person or
9corporation liable.
10    The corporate authorities of any city or village may
11provide by ordinance for the payment by said city or village of
12all or any part of the cost of a hospital plan or
13medical-surgical plan, or both, for the dependents of any
14policeman or fireman killed in the line of duty or who dies as
15the result of duty connected injuries, and for any policeman or
16fireman and his dependents, provided his retirement is caused
17by a duty injury or occupational disease disability and for any
18policeman and fireman and his dependents, provided he has
19reached compulsory retirement age or has served in the employ
20of the city or village for at least 20 years. "Dependent" as
21used in this paragraph shall mean the wife of the policeman or
22fireman and his minor children less than 20 years of age and
23living at home and dependent on the policeman or fireman for
24support.
25    This amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly applies
26only to a city that is a home rule unit with a population of

 

 

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1more than 1,000,000 inhabitants and is a limitation under
2subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois
3Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of
4powers and functions exercised by the State.
5    This amendatory Act of 1971 does not apply to any city or
6village which is a home rule unit.
7(Source: P.A. 77-754.)
 
8    Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
9Section 8.43 as follows:
 
10    (30 ILCS 805/8.43 new)
11    Sec. 8.43. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
12of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
13implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of
14the 101st General Assembly.
 
15    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16becoming law.