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90_SB0585
820 ILCS 305/26.1 new
820 ILCS 310/20.1 new
Amends the Workers' Compensation Act and Workers'
Occupational Diseases Act. Provides that any person who,
with intent to defraud, obtains or attempts to obtain any
payment or benefit to which the person is not entitled is
guilty of a Class 4 felony.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Workers' Compensation Act and
2 Workers' Occupational Diseases Act in relation to fraud.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Workers' Compensation Act is amended by
6 adding Section 26.1 as follows:
7 (820 ILCS 305/26.1 new)
8 Sec. 26.1. Fraud. Any person who, with intent to
9 defraud, obtains or attempts to obtain any payment or benefit
10 under this Act to which he or she is not entitled is guilty
11 of a Class 4 felony.
12 Section 10. The Workers' Occupational Diseases Act is
13 amended by adding Section 20.1 as follows:
14 (820 ILCS 310/20.1 new)
15 Sec. 20.1. Fraud. Any person who, with intent to
16 defraud, obtains or attempts to obtain any payment or benefit
17 under this Act to which he or she is not entitled is guilty
18 of a Class 4 felony.