102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB3654

 

Introduced 2/22/2021, by Rep. Dan Ugaste

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
820 ILCS 305/7.5 new

    Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Provides that no compensation shall be awarded to a claimant for death or disability arising out of an exposure to COVID-19 if the employee has refused a vaccination. Effective immediately.


LRB102 13109 JLS 18452 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB3654LRB102 13109 JLS 18452 b

1    AN ACT concerning employment.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Workers' Compensation Act is amended by
5adding Section 7.5 as follows:
 
6    (820 ILCS 305/7.5 new)
7    Sec. 7.5. COVID-19; no vaccine; no compensation. No
8compensation shall be payable for a death or disability
9arising out of an employee's exposure to COVID-19 if the
10employee has refused to take a COVID-19 vaccination.
 
11    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12becoming law.