Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB4006

Creates the Burn Victims Relief Act, which may be referred to as the George Bailey Memorial Law. Creates the George Bailey Memorial Program, under which a burn victim who, through no fault of his or her own, has become disabled and has been told by 2 independent physicians that his or her prognosis is that he or she has less than 18 months left to live shall immediately receive the 5 months' pay that he or she would have received for Social Security had there not been a mandatory 5-month waiting period. Provides for penalties for fraud. Creates the George Bailey Memorial Board to carry out the Program. Creates the George Bailey Memorial Fund as a special fund in the State treasury and amends the State Finance Act to list the Fund as a special fund. Provides for repayments to the Fund under specified conditions. Provides that fire insurance companies shall pay amounts assessed by the Department of Insurance and that the Department shall pay the money so received into the George Bailey Memorial Fund.

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the language of the introduced bill with the following changes: removes the language creating the George Bailey Memorial Board; provides that the program is created under the Department of Insurance; removes the funding source for the George Bailey Memorial Fund; provides that the George Bailey Memorial Fund shall be funded pursuant to the Clerks of Courts Act; provides that, if the funds available are not adequate to meet the requirements of the Act, the Department of Insurance shall inform the Treasurer and Comptroller, and the Comptroller shall transfer the necessary funds from the Foreign Fire Fund into the George Bailey Memorial Fund; amends the Clerks of Courts Act; provides that, in addition to any other fees and penalties imposed, any person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to arson or aggravated arson shall pay an additional fee of $250 to the clerk of the circuit court and those funds shall be remitted by the clerk to the Department of Insurance within 60 days after receipt for deposit into the George Bailey Memorial Fund.

Provides that moneys received from Social Security disability benefits shall be used to repay the George Bailey Memorial fund. Removes a reference to the Board. Provides that if the funds available are not adequate to meet the requirements of the Act, the Department of Insurance shall determine the amount of funds necessary. Provides that any agent responsible for the collection of a tax or license fee and the rendering of the tax or license fee to the treasurer of the foreign fire insurance board or fire protection district secretary shall transfer the portion of these funds deemed necessary by the Department of Insurance into the George Bailey Memorial Fund prior to rendering the tax or license fee to the treasurer of the foreign fire insurance board or fire protection district. Provides that these funds shall be transferred temporarily and repaid in full, without the deduction of the 20% administrative fee authorized in the Act, upon the receipt by the George Bailey Memorial Fund from the person or his or her estate, trust, or heirs of any moneys from a settlement for the injury that is the proximate cause of the person's disability under this Act or moneys received from Social Security disability benefits

Removes language providing that fraud committed by a physician concerning the diagnosis under the Program, by a person attempting to obtain money, or by a State official knowingly helping to defraud the State through the Program is a Class 3 felony.

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the language of the engrossed bill with the following changes: incorporates the changes from Senate Amendment No. 1 and Senate Amendment No. 2; removes a provision concerning the transfer of necessary funds from the Fire Prevention Fund into the George Bailey Memorial Fund; changes a reference from "the federal Supplemental Security income program" to "the Social Security disability insurance program"; provides that funds received from the Fire Truck Revolving Loan Fund shall be repaid in full without the deduction of administrative fees; amends the Illinois Vehicle Code; provides that $1 from a specified fee shall be deposited into the George Bailey Memorial Fund instead of the Fire Truck Revolving Loan Fund until 2017. Effective on January 1, 2016.

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