(40 ILCS 5/22-306.1) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 22-306.1)
Sec. 22-306.1.
(a) If a physician, medical facility or other provider
of medical treatment receives notice from a municipality that, pursuant to
an ordinance enacted under Section 22-306 or under its home rule powers,
the municipality is willing to assume liability for all or part of the
medical expenses of a policeman or firefighter injured in the line of duty,
and if the provider consents to such assumption of liability by the
municipality for all or part of the cost of the medical services being
provided, then the policeman or firefighter shall thereupon cease to be
liable to the provider for any charges for which liability has been assumed
by the municipality, and the provider may not thereafter attempt to collect
such charges from the policeman or firefighter, nor from the family or estate thereof.
(b) With respect to any liability assumed by a municipality under
subsection (a) of this Section, interest on the unpaid amount thereof shall
begin to accrue 90 days after receipt of proof of claim by the municipality
(or its agent or insurer if it so directs), at the rate established for
judgments in the Code of Civil Procedure.
(c) Pursuant to paragraphs (h) and (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of
the Illinois Constitution, this Section specifically denies and limits the
exercise by a home rule unit of any power which is inconsistent herewith,
and all existing laws and ordinances which are inconsistent with this
Section are hereby superseded. This Section does not preempt the
concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers consistent herewith.
(Source: P.A. 84-845.)
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