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1+103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4321 Introduced , by Rep. John M. Cabello SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 40 ILCS 5/3-114.1 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 3-114.1 40 ILCS 5/4-110 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 4-110 30 ILCS 805/8.47 new Amends the Downstate Police and Downstate Firefighter Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Establishes a presumption that a firefighter or police officer who becomes disabled as a result of exposure to and contraction of COVID-19 was injured in the line of duty and is entitled to receive a duty disability benefit under the applicable Article of the Code. Specifies that the changes made by the amendatory Act apply retroactively to March 9, 2020, and any police officer or firefighter who has been previously denied a duty disability benefit that would otherwise be entitled to a duty disability benefit under the amendatory Act shall be entitled to a retroactive duty disability benefit. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately. LRB103 34092 JDS 63909 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4321 Introduced , by Rep. John M. Cabello SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 40 ILCS 5/3-114.1 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 3-114.1 40 ILCS 5/4-110 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 4-110 30 ILCS 805/8.47 new 40 ILCS 5/3-114.1 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 3-114.1 40 ILCS 5/4-110 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 4-110 30 ILCS 805/8.47 new Amends the Downstate Police and Downstate Firefighter Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Establishes a presumption that a firefighter or police officer who becomes disabled as a result of exposure to and contraction of COVID-19 was injured in the line of duty and is entitled to receive a duty disability benefit under the applicable Article of the Code. Specifies that the changes made by the amendatory Act apply retroactively to March 9, 2020, and any police officer or firefighter who has been previously denied a duty disability benefit that would otherwise be entitled to a duty disability benefit under the amendatory Act shall be entitled to a retroactive duty disability benefit. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately. LRB103 34092 JDS 63909 b LRB103 34092 JDS 63909 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR
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315 1 AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
416 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
517 3 represented in the General Assembly:
618 4 Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by
719 5 changing Sections 3-114.1 and 4-110 as follows:
820 6 (40 ILCS 5/3-114.1) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 3-114.1)
921 7 Sec. 3-114.1. Disability pension; line pension - Line of
1022 8 duty.
1123 9 (a) If a police officer as the result of sickness,
1224 10 accident or injury incurred in or resulting from the
1325 11 performance of an act of duty, is found to be physically or
1426 12 mentally disabled for service in the police department, so as
1527 13 to render necessary his or her suspension or retirement from
1628 14 the police service, the police officer shall be entitled to a
1729 15 disability retirement pension equal to the greatest of (1) 65%
1830 16 of the salary attached to the rank on the police force held by
1931 17 the officer at the date of suspension of duty or retirement,
2032 18 (2) the retirement pension that the police officer would be
2133 19 eligible to receive if he or she retired (but not including any
2234 20 automatic annual increase in that retirement pension), or (3)
2335 21 the pension provided under subsection (d), if applicable.
2436 22 A police officer shall be considered "on duty" while on
2537 23 any assignment approved by the chief of the police department
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3482 1 of the municipality he or she serves, whether the assignment
3583 2 is within or outside the municipality.
3684 3 (b) If a police officer on disability pension dies while
3785 4 still disabled, the disability pension shall continue to be
3886 5 paid to his or her survivors in the sequence provided in
3987 6 Section 3-112.
4088 7 (c) From and after July 1, 1987, any pension payable under
4189 8 this Section shall be at least $400 per month, without regard
4290 9 to the fact that the disability or death of the police officer
4391 10 occurred prior to that date. If the minimum pension
4492 11 established in Section 3-113.1 is greater than the minimum
4593 12 provided in this Section, the Section 3-113.1 minimum
4694 13 controls.
4795 14 (d) A disabled police officer who (1) is receiving a
4896 15 pension under this Section on the effective date of this
4997 16 amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly, (2) files with
5098 17 the Fund, within 30 days after that effective date and
5199 18 annually thereafter while the pension remains payable, a
52100 19 written application for the benefits of this subsection,
53101 20 including an affidavit stating that the applicant has not
54102 21 earned any income from gainful employment during the most
55103 22 recently concluded tax year and a copy of his or her most
56104 23 recent Illinois income tax return, (3) has service credit in
57105 24 the Fund for at least 7 years of active duty, and (4) has been
58106 25 receiving the pension under this Section for a period which,
59107 26 when added to the officer's total service credit in the Fund,
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70118 1 equals at least 20 years, shall be eligible to receive an
71119 2 annual noncompounded increase in his or her pension under this
72120 3 Section, equal to 3% of the original pension.
73121 4 The Fund may take appropriate steps to verify the
74122 5 applicant's disability and earnings status, and for this
75123 6 purpose may request from the Department of Revenue a certified
76124 7 copy of the applicant's Illinois income tax return for any
77125 8 year for which a benefit under this Section is payable or has
78126 9 been paid.
79127 10 The annual increase shall accrue on each anniversary of
80128 11 the initial pension payment date, for so long as the pension
81129 12 remains payable to the disabled police officer and the
82130 13 required annual application is made, except that the annual
83131 14 increases under this subsection shall cease if the disabled
84132 15 police officer earns income from gainful employment. Within 60
85133 16 days after accepting an initial application under this
86134 17 subsection, the Fund shall pay to the disabled police officer,
87135 18 in a lump sum without interest, the amounts resulting from the
88136 19 annual increases that have accrued retroactively.
89137 20 This subsection is not limited to persons in active
90138 21 service on or after its effective date, but it applies only to
91139 22 a pension that is payable under this Section to a disabled
92140 23 police officer (rather than a survivor). Upon the death of the
93141 24 disabled police officer, the annuity payable under this
94142 25 Section to his or her survivors shall include any annual
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106154 1 shall accrue under this subsection.
107155 2 (e) For the purposes of this Section only, any police
108156 3 officer who becomes disabled as a result of exposure to and
109157 4 contraction of COVID-19, as evidenced by either a confirmed
110158 5 positive laboratory test for COVID-19 or COVID-19 antibodies
111159 6 or a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 from a licensed medical
112160 7 professional, shall:
113161 8 (1) be rebuttably presumed to have contracted COVID-19
114162 9 while in the performance of an act or acts of duty;
115163 10 (2) be rebuttably presumed to have been injured while
116164 11 in the performance of an act or acts of duty; and
117165 12 (3) be entitled to receive, at the time the disability
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119167 14 retirement pension under this Section during any period of
120168 15 such disability for which the police officer does not have
121169 16 a right to receive salary.
122170 17 The presumption shall apply to any police officer who was
123171 18 exposed to and contracted COVID-19 on or after March 9, 2020
124172 19 and on or before June 30, 2021; except that the presumption
125173 20 shall not apply if the police officer was on a leave of absence
126174 21 from his or her employment or otherwise not required to report
127175 22 for duty for a period of 14 or more consecutive days
128176 23 immediately prior to the date of contraction of COVID-19. For
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131179 26 either the date that the police officer was diagnosed with
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142190 1 COVID-19 or was unable to work due to symptoms that were later
143191 2 diagnosed as COVID-19, whichever occurred first.
144192 3 It is the intent of the General Assembly that the change
145193 4 made in this subsection (e) by this amendatory Act of the 103rd
146194 5 General Assembly shall apply retroactively to March 9, 2020,
147195 6 and any police officer who has been previously denied a
148196 7 disability retirement pension under this Section who would
149197 8 otherwise be entitled to a disability retirement pension under
150198 9 this subsection (e) shall be entitled to retroactive benefits
151199 10 and a disability retirement pension under this Section.
152200 11 (Source: P.A. 91-939, eff. 2-1-01.)
153201 12 (40 ILCS 5/4-110) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 4-110)
154202 13 Sec. 4-110. Disability pension; line pension - Line of
155203 14 duty. If a firefighter, as the result of sickness, accident or
156204 15 injury incurred in or resulting from the performance of an act
157205 16 of duty or from the cumulative effects of acts of duty, is
158206 17 found, pursuant to Section 4-112, to be physically or mentally
159207 18 permanently disabled for service in the fire department, so as
160208 19 to render necessary his or her being placed on disability
161209 20 pension, the firefighter shall be entitled to a disability
162210 21 pension equal to the greater of (1) 65% of the monthly salary
163211 22 attached to the rank held by him or her in the fire department
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165213 24 department payroll or (2) the retirement pension that the
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177225 1 (but not including any automatic annual increase in that
178226 2 retirement pension). A firefighter shall be considered "on
179227 3 duty" while on any assignment approved by the chief of the fire
180228 4 department, even though away from the municipality he or she
181229 5 serves as a firefighter, if the assignment is related to the
182230 6 fire protection service of the municipality.
183231 7 Such firefighter shall also be entitled to a child's
184232 8 disability benefit of $20 a month on account of each unmarried
185233 9 child less than 18 years of age and dependent upon the
186234 10 firefighter for support, either the issue of the firefighter
187235 11 or legally adopted by him or her. The total amount of child's
188236 12 disability benefit payable to the firefighter, when added to
189237 13 his or her disability pension, shall not exceed 75% of the
190238 14 amount of salary which the firefighter was receiving at the
191239 15 date of retirement.
192240 16 Benefits payable on account of a child under this Section
193241 17 shall not be reduced or terminated by reason of the child's
194242 18 attainment of age 18 if he or she is then dependent by reason
195243 19 of a physical or mental disability but shall continue to be
196244 20 paid as long as such dependency continues. Individuals over
197245 21 the age of 18 and adjudged to be disabled persons pursuant to
198246 22 Article XIa of the Probate Act of 1975, except for persons
199247 23 receiving benefits under Article III of the Illinois Public
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213261 1 disability pension under this Section, the disability pension
214262 2 shall continue to be paid to the firefighter's survivors in
215263 3 the sequence provided in Section 4-114. A pension previously
216264 4 granted under Section 4-114 to a survivor of a firefighter who
217265 5 died while receiving a disability pension under this Section
218266 6 shall be deemed to be a continuation of the pension provided
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220268 8 worker's compensation payments. The changes to this Section
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222270 10 retroactive and are not limited to persons in service on or
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224272 12 For the purposes of this Section only, any firefighter who
225273 13 becomes disabled as a result of exposure to and contraction of
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227275 15 laboratory test for COVID-19 or COVID-19 antibodies or a
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230278 18 (1) be rebuttably presumed to have contracted COVID-19
231279 19 while in the performance of an act or acts of duty;
232280 20 (2) be rebuttably presumed to have been injured while
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234282 22 (3) be entitled to receive, at the time the disability
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249297 1 The presumption shall apply to any firefighter who was
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252300 4 shall not apply if the firefighter was on a leave of absence
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258306 10 either the date that the firefighter was diagnosed with
259307 11 COVID-19 or was unable to work due to symptoms that were later
260308 12 diagnosed as COVID-19, whichever occurred first.
261309 13 It is the intent of the General Assembly that the change
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264312 16 firefighter who has been previously denied a disability
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269317 21 (Source: P.A. 93-1090, eff. 3-11-05.)
270318 22 Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
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283331 1 Sec. 8.47. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and
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285333 3 the implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory
286334 4 Act of the 103rd General Assembly.
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288336 6 becoming law.
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