| 4 | | - | AN ACT concerning employment. |
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| 5 | | - | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| 6 | | - | represented in the General Assembly: |
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| 7 | | - | Section 5. The Public Safety Employee Benefits Act is |
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| 8 | | - | amended by changing Section 10 as follows: |
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| 9 | | - | (820 ILCS 320/10) |
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| 10 | | - | Sec. 10. Required health coverage benefits. |
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| 11 | | - | (a) An employer who employs a full-time law enforcement, |
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| 12 | | - | correctional or correctional probation officer, or |
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| 13 | | - | firefighter, who, on or after the effective date of this Act |
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| 14 | | - | suffers a catastrophic injury or is killed in the line of duty |
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| 15 | | - | shall pay the entire premium of the employer's health |
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| 16 | | - | insurance plan for the injured employee, the injured |
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| 17 | | - | employee's spouse, and for each dependent child of the injured |
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| 18 | | - | employee until the child reaches the age of majority or until |
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| 19 | | - | the end of the calendar year in which the child reaches the age |
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| 20 | | - | of 25 if the child continues to be dependent for support or the |
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| 21 | | - | child is a full-time or part-time student and is dependent for |
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| 22 | | - | support. An individual whose entire premium is paid in |
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| 23 | | - | accordance with this Section shall be offered by the employer |
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| 24 | | - | the choice of any health insurance plan available to currently |
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| 25 | | - | employed full-time law enforcement, correctional or |
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| 26 | | - | correctional probation officers, or firefighters. For purposes |
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| 3 | + | 1 AN ACT concerning employment. |
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| 4 | + | 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| 5 | + | 3 represented in the General Assembly: |
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| 6 | + | 4 Section 5. The Public Safety Employee Benefits Act is |
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| 7 | + | 5 amended by changing Section 10 as follows: |
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| 8 | + | 6 (820 ILCS 320/10) |
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| 9 | + | 7 Sec. 10. Required health coverage benefits. |
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| 10 | + | 8 (a) An employer who employs a full-time law enforcement, |
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| 11 | + | 9 correctional or correctional probation officer, or |
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| 12 | + | 10 firefighter, who, on or after the effective date of this Act |
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| 13 | + | 11 suffers a catastrophic injury or is killed in the line of duty |
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| 14 | + | 12 shall pay the entire premium of the employer's health |
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| 15 | + | 13 insurance plan for the injured employee, the injured |
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| 16 | + | 14 employee's spouse, and for each dependent child of the injured |
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| 17 | + | 15 employee until the child reaches the age of majority or until |
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| 18 | + | 16 the end of the calendar year in which the child reaches the age |
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| 19 | + | 17 of 25 if the child continues to be dependent for support or the |
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| 20 | + | 18 child is a full-time or part-time student and is dependent for |
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| 21 | + | 19 support. An individual whose entire premium is paid in |
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| 22 | + | 20 accordance with this Section shall be offered by the employer |
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| 23 | + | 21 the choice of any health insurance plan available to currently |
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| 24 | + | 22 employed full-time law enforcement, correctional or |
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| 25 | + | 23 correctional probation officers, or firefighters. For purposes |
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| 33 | | - | of plans administered under the State Employee Group Insurance |
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| 34 | | - | Act of 1971, changes in coverage may only be elected during |
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| 35 | | - | open enrollment or following a qualifying event. The term |
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| 36 | | - | "health insurance plan" does not include supplemental benefits |
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| 37 | | - | that are not part of the basic group health insurance plan. If |
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| 38 | | - | the injured employee subsequently dies, the employer shall |
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| 39 | | - | continue to pay the entire health insurance premium for the |
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| 40 | | - | surviving spouse until remarried and for the dependent |
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| 41 | | - | children under the conditions established in this Section. |
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| 42 | | - | However: |
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| 43 | | - | (1) Health insurance benefits payable from any other |
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| 44 | | - | source shall reduce benefits payable under this Section. |
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| 45 | | - | (2) It is unlawful for a person to willfully and |
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| 46 | | - | knowingly make, or cause to be made, or to assist, |
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| 47 | | - | conspire with, or urge another to make, or cause to be |
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| 48 | | - | made, any false, fraudulent, or misleading oral or written |
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| 49 | | - | statement to obtain health insurance coverage as provided |
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| 50 | | - | under this Section. A violation of this item is a Class A |
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| 51 | | - | misdemeanor. |
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| 52 | | - | (3) Upon conviction for a violation described in item |
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| 53 | | - | (2), a law enforcement, correctional or correctional |
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| 54 | | - | probation officer, or other beneficiary who receives or |
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| 55 | | - | seeks to receive health insurance benefits under this |
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| 56 | | - | Section shall forfeit the right to receive health |
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| 57 | | - | insurance benefits and shall reimburse the employer for |
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| 58 | | - | all benefits paid due to the fraud or other prohibited |
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| 34 | + | 1 of plans administered under the State Employee Group Insurance |
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| 35 | + | 2 Act of 1971, changes in coverage may only be elected during |
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| 36 | + | 3 open enrollment or following a qualifying event. The term |
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| 37 | + | 4 "health insurance plan" does not include supplemental benefits |
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| 38 | + | 5 that are not part of the basic group health insurance plan. If |
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| 39 | + | 6 the injured employee subsequently dies, the employer shall |
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| 40 | + | 7 continue to pay the entire health insurance premium for the |
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| 41 | + | 8 surviving spouse until remarried and for the dependent |
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| 42 | + | 9 children under the conditions established in this Section. |
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| 43 | + | 10 However: |
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| 44 | + | 11 (1) Health insurance benefits payable from any other |
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| 45 | + | 12 source shall reduce benefits payable under this Section. |
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| 46 | + | 13 (2) It is unlawful for a person to willfully and |
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| 47 | + | 14 knowingly make, or cause to be made, or to assist, |
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| 48 | + | 15 conspire with, or urge another to make, or cause to be |
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| 49 | + | 16 made, any false, fraudulent, or misleading oral or written |
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| 50 | + | 17 statement to obtain health insurance coverage as provided |
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| 51 | + | 18 under this Section. A violation of this item is a Class A |
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| 52 | + | 19 misdemeanor. |
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| 53 | + | 20 (3) Upon conviction for a violation described in item |
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| 54 | + | 21 (2), a law enforcement, correctional or correctional |
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| 55 | + | 22 probation officer, or other beneficiary who receives or |
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| 56 | + | 23 seeks to receive health insurance benefits under this |
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| 57 | + | 24 Section shall forfeit the right to receive health |
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| 58 | + | 25 insurance benefits and shall reimburse the employer for |
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| 59 | + | 26 all benefits paid due to the fraud or other prohibited |
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| 61 | | - | activity. For purposes of this item, "conviction" means a |
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| 62 | | - | determination of guilt that is the result of a plea or |
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| 63 | | - | trial, regardless of whether adjudication is withheld. |
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| 64 | | - | (b) In order for the law enforcement, correctional or |
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| 65 | | - | correctional probation officer, firefighter, spouse, or |
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| 66 | | - | dependent children to be eligible for insurance coverage under |
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| 67 | | - | this Act, the injury or death must have occurred as the result |
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| 68 | | - | of the officer's response to fresh pursuit, the officer or |
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| 69 | | - | firefighter's response to what is reasonably believed to be an |
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| 70 | | - | emergency, an unlawful act perpetrated by another, or during |
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| 71 | | - | the investigation of a criminal act. Nothing in this Section |
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| 72 | | - | shall be construed to limit health insurance coverage or |
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| 73 | | - | pension benefits for which the officer, firefighter, spouse, |
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| 74 | | - | or dependent children may otherwise be eligible. |
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| 75 | | - | (Source: P.A. 90-535, eff. 11-14-97.) |
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| 70 | + | 1 activity. For purposes of this item, "conviction" means a |
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| 71 | + | 2 determination of guilt that is the result of a plea or |
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| 72 | + | 3 trial, regardless of whether adjudication is withheld. |
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| 73 | + | 4 (b) In order for the law enforcement, correctional or |
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| 74 | + | 5 correctional probation officer, firefighter, spouse, or |
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| 75 | + | 6 dependent children to be eligible for insurance coverage under |
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| 76 | + | 7 this Act, the injury or death must have occurred as the result |
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| 77 | + | 8 of the officer's response to fresh pursuit, the officer or |
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| 78 | + | 9 firefighter's response to what is reasonably believed to be an |
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| 79 | + | 10 emergency, an unlawful act perpetrated by another, or during |
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| 80 | + | 11 the investigation of a criminal act. Nothing in this Section |
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| 81 | + | 12 shall be construed to limit health insurance coverage or |
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| 82 | + | 13 pension benefits for which the officer, firefighter, spouse, |
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| 83 | + | 14 or dependent children may otherwise be eligible. |
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| 84 | + | 15 (Source: P.A. 90-535, eff. 11-14-97.) |
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