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	1	+	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5083 Introduced , by Rep. Lilian Jimnez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 5 ILCS 345/1 from Ch. 70, par. 915 ILCS 345/2820 ILCS 315/2 from Ch. 48, par. 282820 ILCS 315/3 from Ch. 48, par. 283820 ILCS 315/3.5820 ILCS 315/4 from Ch. 48, par. 284820 ILCS 320/3 Amends the Public Employee Disability Act, the Line of Duty Compensation Act, and the Public Safety Employee Benefits Act. Includes mental health professionals within the scope of the Acts. Defines "mental health professional" as any person employed and dispatched by a unit of local government to respond to crisis calls received on public emergency service lines instead of or in conjunction with law enforcement. LRB103 37713 SPS 67840 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5083 Introduced , by Rep. Lilian Jimnez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 5 ILCS 345/1 from Ch. 70, par. 915 ILCS 345/2820 ILCS 315/2 from Ch. 48, par. 282820 ILCS 315/3 from Ch. 48, par. 283820 ILCS 315/3.5820 ILCS 315/4 from Ch. 48, par. 284820 ILCS 320/3 5 ILCS 345/1 from Ch. 70, par. 91 5 ILCS 345/2 820 ILCS 315/2 from Ch. 48, par. 282 820 ILCS 315/3 from Ch. 48, par. 283 820 ILCS 315/3.5 820 ILCS 315/4 from Ch. 48, par. 284 820 ILCS 320/3 Amends the Public Employee Disability Act, the Line of Duty Compensation Act, and the Public Safety Employee Benefits Act. Includes mental health professionals within the scope of the Acts. Defines "mental health professional" as any person employed and dispatched by a unit of local government to respond to crisis calls received on public emergency service lines instead of or in conjunction with law enforcement. LRB103 37713 SPS 67840 b LRB103 37713 SPS 67840 b A BILL FOR
	2	+	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5083 Introduced , by Rep. Lilian Jimnez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
	3	+	5 ILCS 345/1 from Ch. 70, par. 915 ILCS 345/2820 ILCS 315/2 from Ch. 48, par. 282820 ILCS 315/3 from Ch. 48, par. 283820 ILCS 315/3.5820 ILCS 315/4 from Ch. 48, par. 284820 ILCS 320/3 5 ILCS 345/1 from Ch. 70, par. 91 5 ILCS 345/2 820 ILCS 315/2 from Ch. 48, par. 282 820 ILCS 315/3 from Ch. 48, par. 283 820 ILCS 315/3.5 820 ILCS 315/4 from Ch. 48, par. 284 820 ILCS 320/3
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	7	+	820 ILCS 315/3 from Ch. 48, par. 283
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	9	+	820 ILCS 315/4 from Ch. 48, par. 284
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	11	+	Amends the Public Employee Disability Act, the Line of Duty Compensation Act, and the Public Safety Employee Benefits Act. Includes mental health professionals within the scope of the Acts. Defines "mental health professional" as any person employed and dispatched by a unit of local government to respond to crisis calls received on public emergency service lines instead of or in conjunction with law enforcement.
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3	17		1 AN ACT concerning employment.
4	18		2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
5	19		3 represented in the General Assembly:
6	20		4 Section 5. The Public Employee Disability Act is amended
7	21		5 by changing Sections 1 and 2 as follows:
8	22		6 (5 ILCS 345/1) (from Ch. 70, par. 91)
9	23		7 Sec. 1. Disability benefit.
10	24		8 (a) For the purposes of this Section, "eligible employee"
11	25		9 means any part-time or full-time State correctional officer or
12	26		10 any other full or part-time employee of the Department of
13	27		11 Corrections, any full or part-time employee of the Prisoner
14	28		12 Review Board, any full or part-time employee of the Department
15	29		13 of Human Services working within a penal institution or a
16	30		14 State mental health or developmental disabilities facility
17	31		15 operated by the Department of Human Services, and any
18	32		16 full-time law enforcement officer or full-time firefighter,
19	33		17 including a full-time paramedic or a firefighter who performs
20	34		18 paramedic duties, who is employed by the State of Illinois,
21	35		19 any unit of local government (including any home rule unit),
22	36		20 any State supported college or university, or any other public
23	37		21 entity granted the power to employ persons for such purposes
24	38		22 by law, and any full-time mental health professional employed
25	39		23 and dispatched by any unit of local government, including any
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	43	+	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5083 Introduced , by Rep. Lilian Jimnez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
	44	+	5 ILCS 345/1 from Ch. 70, par. 915 ILCS 345/2820 ILCS 315/2 from Ch. 48, par. 282820 ILCS 315/3 from Ch. 48, par. 283820 ILCS 315/3.5820 ILCS 315/4 from Ch. 48, par. 284820 ILCS 320/3 5 ILCS 345/1 from Ch. 70, par. 91 5 ILCS 345/2 820 ILCS 315/2 from Ch. 48, par. 282 820 ILCS 315/3 from Ch. 48, par. 283 820 ILCS 315/3.5 820 ILCS 315/4 from Ch. 48, par. 284 820 ILCS 320/3
	45	+	5 ILCS 345/1 from Ch. 70, par. 91
	46	+	5 ILCS 345/2
	47	+	820 ILCS 315/2 from Ch. 48, par. 282
	48	+	820 ILCS 315/3 from Ch. 48, par. 283
	49	+	820 ILCS 315/3.5
	50	+	820 ILCS 315/4 from Ch. 48, par. 284
	51	+	820 ILCS 320/3
	52	+	Amends the Public Employee Disability Act, the Line of Duty Compensation Act, and the Public Safety Employee Benefits Act. Includes mental health professionals within the scope of the Acts. Defines "mental health professional" as any person employed and dispatched by a unit of local government to respond to crisis calls received on public emergency service lines instead of or in conjunction with law enforcement.
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	63	+	820 ILCS 315/2 from Ch. 48, par. 282
	64	+	820 ILCS 315/3 from Ch. 48, par. 283
	65	+	820 ILCS 315/3.5
	66	+	820 ILCS 315/4 from Ch. 48, par. 284
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34	86		1 home rule unit, to respond to crisis calls received on public
35	87		2 emergency service lines instead of or in conjunction with law
36	88		3 enforcement.
37	89		4 (b) Whenever an eligible employee suffers any injury in
38	90		5 the line of duty which causes him to be unable to perform his
39	91		6 duties, he shall continue to be paid by the employing public
40	92		7 entity on the same basis as he was paid before the injury, with
41	93		8 no deduction from his sick leave credits, compensatory time
42	94		9 for overtime accumulations or vacation, or service credits in
43	95		10 a public employee pension fund during the time he is unable to
44	96		11 perform his duties due to the result of the injury, but not
45	97		12 longer than one year in relation to the same injury, except as
46	98		13 otherwise provided under subsection (b-5). However, no injury
47	99		14 to an employee of the Department of Corrections or the
48	100		15 Prisoner Review Board working within a penal institution or an
49	101		16 employee of the Department of Human Services working within a
50	102		17 departmental mental health or developmental disabilities
51	103		18 facility shall qualify the employee for benefits under this
52	104		19 Section unless the injury is the direct or indirect result of
53	105		20 violence by inmates of the penal institution or residents of
54	106		21 the mental health or developmental disabilities facility.
55	107		22 (b-5) Upon the occurrence of circumstances, directly or
56	108		23 indirectly attributable to COVID-19, occurring on or after
57	109		24 March 9, 2020 and on or before June 30, 2021 (including the
58	110		25 period between December 31, 2020 and the effective date of
59	111		26 this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly) which would
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70	122		1 hinder the physical recovery from an injury of an eligible
71	123		2 employee within the one-year period as required under
72	124		3 subsection (b), the eligible employee shall be entitled to an
73	125		4 extension of no longer than 60 days by which he or she shall
74	126		5 continue to be paid by the employing public entity on the same
75	127		6 basis as he or she was paid before the injury. The employing
76	128		7 public entity may require proof of the circumstances hindering
77	129		8 an eligible employee's physical recovery before granting the
78	130		9 extension provided under this subsection (b-5).
79	131		10 (c) At any time during the period for which continuing
80	132		11 compensation is required by this Act, the employing public
81	133		12 entity may order at the expense of that entity physical or
82	134		13 medical examinations of the injured person to determine the
83	135		14 degree of disability.
84	136		15 (d) During this period of disability, the injured person
85	137		16 shall not be employed in any other manner, with or without
86	138		17 monetary compensation. Any person who is employed in violation
87	139		18 of this paragraph forfeits the continuing compensation
88	140		19 provided by this Act from the time such employment begins. Any
89	141		20 salary compensation due the injured person from workers'
90	142		21 compensation or any salary due him from any type of insurance
91	143		22 which may be carried by the employing public entity shall
92	144		23 revert to that entity during the time for which continuing
93	145		24 compensation is paid to him under this Act. Any person with a
94	146		25 disability receiving compensation under the provisions of this
95	147		26 Act shall not be entitled to any benefits for which he would
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106	158		1 qualify because of his disability under the provisions of the
107	159		2 Illinois Pension Code.
108	160		3 (e) Any employee of the State of Illinois, as defined in
109	161		4 Section 14-103.05 of the Illinois Pension Code, who becomes
110	162		5 permanently unable to perform the duties of such employment
111	163		6 due to an injury received in the active performance of his
112	164		7 duties as a State employee as a result of a willful act of
113	165		8 violence by another employee of the State of Illinois, as so
114	166		9 defined, committed during such other employee's course of
115	167		10 employment and after January 1, 1988, shall be eligible for
116	168		11 benefits pursuant to the provisions of this Section. For
117	169		12 purposes of this Section, permanent disability is defined as a
118	170		13 diagnosis or prognosis of an inability to return to current
119	171		14 job duties by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all
120	172		15 of its branches.
121	173		16 (f) The compensation and other benefits provided to
122	174		17 part-time employees covered by this Section shall be
123	175		18 calculated based on the percentage of time the part-time
124	176		19 employee was scheduled to work pursuant to his or her status as
125	177		20 a part-time employee.
126	178		21 (g) Pursuant to paragraphs (h) and (i) of Section 6 of
127	179		22 Article VII of the Illinois Constitution, this Act
128	180		23 specifically denies and limits the exercise by home rule units
129	181		24 of any power which is inconsistent herewith, and all existing
130	182		25 laws and ordinances which are inconsistent herewith are hereby
131	183		26 superseded. This Act does not preempt the concurrent exercise
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142	194		1 by home rule units of powers consistent herewith.
143	195		2 This Act does not apply to any home rule unit with a
144	196		3 population of over 1,000,000.
145	197		4 (h) In those cases where the injury to a State employee for
146	198		5 which a benefit is payable under this Act was caused under
147	199		6 circumstances creating a legal liability for damages on the
148	200		7 part of some person other than the State employer, all of the
149	201		8 rights and privileges, including the right to notice of suit
150	202		9 brought against such other person and the right to commence or
151	203		10 join in such suit, as given the employer, together with the
152	204		11 conditions or obligations imposed under paragraph (b) of
153	205		12 Section 5 of the Workers' Compensation Act, are also given and
154	206		13 granted to the State, to the end that, with respect to State
155	207		14 employees only, the State may be paid or reimbursed for the
156	208		15 amount of benefit paid or to be paid by the State to the
157	209		16 injured employee or his or her personal representative out of
158	210		17 any judgment, settlement, or payment for such injury obtained
159	211		18 by such injured employee or his or her personal representative
160	212		19 from such other person by virtue of the injury.
161	213		20 (Source: P.A. 100-1143, eff. 1-1-19; 101-651, eff. 8-7-20;
162	214		21 101-653, eff. 2-28-21.)
163	215		22 (5 ILCS 345/2)
164	216		23 Sec. 2. Illness disability benefit.
165	217		24 (a) As used in this Section:
166	218		25 "Eligible employee" means any full-time law enforcement
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177	229		1 officer, any or full-time firefighter, including a full-time
178	230		2 paramedic or a firefighter who performs paramedic duties, who
179	231		3 is employed by any unit of local government, including any
180	232		4 home rule unit, and any full-time mental health professional
181	233		5 employed and dispatched by any unit of local government,
182	234		6 including any home rule unit, to respond to crisis calls
183	235		7 received on public emergency service lines instead of or in
184	236		8 conjunction with law enforcement.
185	237		9 "Illness" means any illness, disease, or condition the
186	238		10 presence of which in a community results in the declaration of
187	239		11 a disaster or emergency by a State, county, or municipal
188	240		12 official.
189	241		13 (b) Whenever an eligible employee suffers an illness in
190	242		14 the line of duty which causes the employee to be unable to
191	243		15 perform the employee's duties, the employee shall continue to
192	244		16 be paid by the employing public entity on the same basis as the
193	245		17 employee was paid before the illness, with no deduction from
194	246		18 the employee's sick leave credits, compensatory time for
195	247		19 overtime accumulations or vacation, or service credits in a
196	248		20 public pension fund during the time the employee is unable to
197	249		21 perform the employee's duties due to the result of the
198	250		22 illness, but not longer than one year in relation to the same
199	251		23 illness.
200	252		24 (c) At any time during the period for which continuing
201	253		25 compensation is required by this Act, the employing public
202	254		26 entity may order at the expense of that entity physical or
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213	265		1 medical examinations of the ill person to determine the degree
214	266		2 of disability.
215	267		3 (d) During this period of disability, the ill person shall
216	268		4 not be employed in any other manner, with or without a monetary
217	269		5 compensation. Any person who is employed in violation of this
218	270		6 subsection forfeits the continuing compensation provided by
219	271		7 this Act from the time such employment begins. Any salary
220	272		8 compensation due to the ill person from workers' compensation
221	273		9 or any salary due to the employee from any type of insurance
222	274		10 which may be carried by the employing public entity shall
223	275		11 revert to that entity during the time for which continuing
224	276		12 compensation is paid to the employee under this Act. Any
225	277		13 person with a disability receiving compensation under the
226	278		14 provisions of this Act shall not be entitled to any benefits
227	279		15 for which the employee would qualify because of the employee's
228	280		16 disability under the provisions of the Illinois Pension Code.
229	281		17 (e) Pursuant to paragraphs (h) and (i) of Section 6 of
230	282		18 Article VII of the Illinois Constitution, this Act
231	283		19 specifically denies and limits the exercise by home rule units
232	284		20 of any power which is inconsistent herewith, and all existing
233	285		21 laws and ordinances which are inconsistent herewith are hereby
234	286		22 superseded. This Act does not preempt the concurrent exercise
235	287		23 by home rule units of powers consistent herewith.
236	288		24 This Act does not apply to any home rule unit with a
237	289		25 population of over 1,000,000.
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249	301		1 Section 10. The Line of Duty Compensation Act is amended
250	302		2 by changing Sections 2, 3, 3.5, and 4 as follows:
251	303		3 (820 ILCS 315/2) (from Ch. 48, par. 282)
252	304		4 Sec. 2. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise
253	305		5 requires:
254	306		6 (a) "Law enforcement officer" or "officer" means any
255	307		7 person employed by the State or a local governmental entity as
256	308		8 a policeman, peace officer, auxiliary policeman or in some
257	309		9 like position involving the enforcement of the law and
258	310		10 protection of the public interest at the risk of that person's
259	311		11 life. This includes supervisors, wardens, superintendents and
260	312		12 their assistants, guards and keepers, correctional officers,
261	313		13 youth supervisors, parole agents, aftercare specialists,
262	314		14 school teachers and correctional counsellors in all facilities
263	315		15 of both the Department of Corrections and the Department of
264	316		16 Juvenile Justice, while within the facilities under the
265	317		17 control of the Department of Corrections or the Department of
266	318		18 Juvenile Justice or in the act of transporting inmates or
267	319		19 wards from one location to another or while performing their
268	320		20 official duties, and all other Department of Correction or
269	321		21 Department of Juvenile Justice employees who have daily
270	322		22 contact with inmates. For the purposes of this Act, "law
271	323		23 enforcement officer" or "officer" also means a probation
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283	335		1 Probation Officers Act.
284	336		2 The death of the foregoing employees of the Department of
285	337		3 Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice in order to
286	338		4 be included herein must be by the direct or indirect willful
287	339		5 act of an inmate, ward, work-releasee, parolee, aftercare
288	340		6 releasee, parole violator, aftercare release violator, person
289	341		7 under conditional release, or any person sentenced or
290	342		8 committed, or otherwise subject to confinement in or to the
291	343		9 Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile
292	344		10 Justice.
293	345		11 (b) "Fireman" means any person employed by the State or a
294	346		12 local governmental entity as, or otherwise serving as, a
295	347		13 member or officer of a fire department either for the purpose
296	348		14 of the prevention or control of fire or the underwater
297	349		15 recovery of drowning victims, including volunteer firemen.
298	350		16 (c) "Local governmental entity" includes counties,
299	351		17 municipalities and municipal corporations.
300	352		18 (d) "State" means the State of Illinois and its
301	353		19 departments, divisions, boards, bureaus, commissions,
302	354		20 authorities and colleges and universities.
303	355		21 (e) "Killed in the line of duty" means losing one's life as
304	356		22 a result of injury received in the active performance of
305	357		23 duties as a law enforcement officer, civil defense worker,
306	358		24 civil air patrol member, paramedic, fireman, mental health
307	359		25 professional, or chaplain if the death occurs within one year
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319	371		1 from violence or other accidental cause. In the case of a State
320	372		2 employee, "killed in the line of duty" means losing one's life
321	373		3 as a result of injury received in the active performance of
322	374		4 one's duties as a State employee, if the death occurs within
323	375		5 one year from the date the injury was received and if that
324	376		6 injury arose from a willful act of violence by another State
325	377		7 employee committed during such other employee's course of
326	378		8 employment and after January 1, 1988. The term excludes death
327	379		9 resulting from the willful misconduct or intoxication of the
328	380		10 officer, civil defense worker, civil air patrol member,
329	381		11 paramedic, fireman, mental health professional, chaplain, or
330	382		12 State employee. However, the burden of proof of such willful
331	383		13 misconduct or intoxication of the officer, civil defense
332	384		14 worker, civil air patrol member, paramedic, fireman, mental
333	385		15 health professional, chaplain, or State employee is on the
334	386		16 Attorney General. Subject to the conditions set forth in
335	387		17 subsection (a) with respect to inclusion under this Act of
336	388		18 Department of Corrections and Department of Juvenile Justice
337	389		19 employees described in that subsection, for the purposes of
338	390		20 this Act, instances in which a law enforcement officer
339	391		21 receives an injury in the active performance of duties as a law
340	392		22 enforcement officer include but are not limited to instances
341	393		23 when:
342	394		24 (1) the injury is received as a result of a wilful act
343	395		25 of violence committed other than by the officer and a
344	396		26 relationship exists between the commission of such act and
345	397
346	398
347	399
348	400
349	401
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352	404
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355	407		1 the officer's performance of his duties as a law
356	408		2 enforcement officer, whether or not the injury is received
357	409		3 while the officer is on duty as a law enforcement officer;
358	410		4 (2) the injury is received by the officer while the
359	411		5 officer is attempting to prevent the commission of a
360	412		6 criminal act by another or attempting to apprehend an
361	413		7 individual the officer suspects has committed a crime,
362	414		8 whether or not the injury is received while the officer is
363	415		9 on duty as a law enforcement officer;
364	416		10 (3) the injury is received by the officer while the
365	417		11 officer is travelling to or from his employment as a law
366	418		12 enforcement officer or during any meal break, or other
367	419		13 break, which takes place during the period in which the
368	420		14 officer is on duty as a law enforcement officer.
369	421		15 In the case of an Armed Forces member, "killed in the line
370	422		16 of duty" means losing one's life while on active duty in
371	423		17 connection with the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on
372	424		18 the United States, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation
373	425		19 Freedom's Sentinel, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation New
374	426		20 Dawn, or Operation Inherent Resolve.
375	427		21 (f) "Volunteer fireman" means a person having principal
376	428		22 employment other than as a fireman, but who is carried on the
377	429		23 rolls of a regularly constituted fire department either for
378	430		24 the purpose of the prevention or control of fire or the
379	431		25 underwater recovery of drowning victims, the members of which
380	432		26 are under the jurisdiction of the corporate authorities of a
381	433
382	434
383	435
384	436
385	437
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387	439
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391	443		1 city, village, incorporated town, or fire protection district,
392	444		2 and includes a volunteer member of a fire department organized
393	445		3 under the "General Not for Profit Corporation Act", approved
394	446		4 July 17, 1943, as now or hereafter amended, which is under
395	447		5 contract with any city, village, incorporated town, fire
396	448		6 protection district, or persons residing therein, for fire
397	449		7 fighting services. "Volunteer fireman" does not mean an
398	450		8 individual who volunteers assistance without being regularly
399	451		9 enrolled as a fireman.
400	452		10 (g) "Civil defense worker" means any person employed by
401	453		11 the State or a local governmental entity as, or otherwise
402	454		12 serving as, a member of a civil defense work force, including
403	455		13 volunteer civil defense work forces engaged in serving the
404	456		14 public interest during periods of disaster, whether natural or
405	457		15 man-made.
406	458		16 (h) "Civil air patrol member" means any person employed by
407	459		17 the State or a local governmental entity as, or otherwise
408	460		18 serving as, a member of the organization commonly known as the
409	461		19 "Civil Air Patrol", including volunteer members of the
410	462		20 organization commonly known as the "Civil Air Patrol".
411	463		21 (i) "Paramedic" means an Emergency Medical
412	464		22 Technician-Paramedic certified by the Illinois Department of
413	465		23 Public Health under the Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
414	466		24 Systems Act, and all other emergency medical personnel
415	467		25 certified by the Illinois Department of Public Health who are
416	468		26 members of an organized body or not-for-profit corporation
417	469
418	470
419	471
420	472
421	473
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427	479		1 under the jurisdiction of a city, village, incorporated town,
428	480		2 fire protection district or county, that provides emergency
429	481		3 medical treatment to persons of a defined geographical area.
430	482		4 (j) "State employee" means any employee as defined in
431	483		5 Section 14-103.05 of the Illinois Pension Code, as now or
432	484		6 hereafter amended.
433	485		7 (k) "Chaplain" means an individual who:
434	486		8 (1) is a chaplain of (i) a fire department or (ii) a
435	487		9 police department or other agency consisting of law
436	488		10 enforcement officers; and
437	489		11 (2) has been designated a chaplain by (i) the fire
438	490		12 department, police department, or other agency or an
439	491		13 officer or body having jurisdiction over the department or
440	492		14 agency or (ii) a labor organization representing the
441	493		15 firemen or law enforcement officers.
442	494		16 (l) "Armed Forces member" means an Illinois resident who
443	495		17 is: a member of the Armed Forces of the United States; a member
444	496		18 of the Illinois National Guard while on active military
445	497		19 service pursuant to an order of the President of the United
446	498		20 States; or a member of any reserve component of the Armed
447	499		21 Forces of the United States while on active military service
448	500		22 pursuant to an order of the President of the United States.
449	501		23 (m) "Mental health professional" means any person employed
450	502		24 and dispatched by a unit of local government to respond to
451	503		25 crisis calls received on public emergency service lines
452	504		26 instead of or in conjunction with law enforcement.
453	505
454	506
455	507
456	508
457	509
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459	511
460	512
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463	515		1 (Source: P.A. 102-221, eff. 1-1-22.)
464	516		2 (820 ILCS 315/3) (from Ch. 48, par. 283)
465	517		3 Sec. 3. Duty death benefit.
466	518		4 (a) If a claim therefor is made within 2 years of the date
467	519		5 of death of a law enforcement officer, civil defense worker,
468	520		6 civil air patrol member, paramedic, fireman, chaplain, mental
469	521		7 health professional, or State employee killed in the line of
470	522		8 duty, or if a claim therefor is made within 2 years of the date
471	523		9 of death of an Armed Forces member killed in the line of duty,
472	524		10 compensation shall be paid to the person designated by the law
473	525		11 enforcement officer, civil defense worker, civil air patrol
474	526		12 member, paramedic, fireman, chaplain, mental health
475	527		13 professional, State employee, or Armed Forces member. However,
476	528		14 if the Armed Forces member was killed in the line of duty
477	529		15 before October 18, 2004, the claim must be made within one year
478	530		16 of October 18, 2004. In addition, if a death occurred after
479	531		17 December 31, 2016 and before January 1, 2021, the claim may be
480	532		18 made no later than December 31, 2022 notwithstanding any other
481	533		19 deadline established under this Act with respect to filing a
482	534		20 claim for a duty death benefit.
483	535		21 (b) The amount of compensation, except for an Armed Forces
484	536		22 member, shall be $10,000 if the death in the line of duty
485	537		23 occurred prior to January 1, 1974; $20,000 if such death
486	538		24 occurred after December 31, 1973 and before July 1, 1983;
487	539		25 $50,000 if such death occurred on or after July 1, 1983 and
488	540
489	541
490	542
491	543
492	544
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494	546
495	547
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498	550		1 before January 1, 1996; $100,000 if the death occurred on or
499	551		2 after January 1, 1996 and before May 18, 2001; $118,000 if the
500	552		3 death occurred on or after May 18, 2001 and before July 1,
501	553		4 2002; and $259,038 if the death occurred on or after July 1,
502	554		5 2002 and before January 1, 2003. For an Armed Forces member
503	555		6 killed in the line of duty (i) at any time before January 1,
504	556		7 2005, the compensation is $259,038 plus amounts equal to the
505	557		8 increases for 2003 and 2004 determined under subsection (c)
506	558		9 and (ii) on or after January 1, 2005, the compensation is the
507	559		10 amount determined under item (i) plus the applicable increases
508	560		11 for 2005 and thereafter determined under subsection (c).
509	561		12 (c) Except as provided in subsection (b), for deaths
510	562		13 occurring on or after January 1, 2003, the death compensation
511	563		14 rate for death in the line of duty occurring in a particular
512	564		15 calendar year shall be the death compensation rate for death
513	565		16 occurring in the previous calendar year (or in the case of
514	566		17 deaths occurring in 2003, the rate in effect on December 31,
515	567		18 2002) increased by a percentage thereof equal to the
516	568		19 percentage increase, if any, in the index known as the
517	569		20 Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: U.S. city
518	570		21 average, unadjusted, for all items, as published by the United
519	571		22 States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, for
520	572		23 the 12 months ending with the month of June of that previous
521	573		24 calendar year.
522	574		25 (d) If no beneficiary is designated or if no designated
523	575		26 beneficiary survives at the death of the law enforcement
524	576
525	577
526	578
527	579
528	580
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530	582
531	583
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534	586		1 officer, civil defense worker, civil air patrol member,
535	587		2 paramedic, fireman, mental health professional, chaplain, or
536	588		3 State employee killed in the line of duty, the compensation
537	589		4 shall be paid in accordance with a legally binding will left by
538	590		5 the law enforcement officer, civil defense worker, civil air
539	591		6 patrol member, paramedic, fireman, mental health professional,
540	592		7 chaplain, or State employee. If the law enforcement officer,
541	593		8 civil defense worker, civil air patrol member, paramedic,
542	594		9 fireman, mental health professional, chaplain, or State
543	595		10 employee did not leave a legally binding will, the
544	596		11 compensation shall be paid as follows:
545	597		12 (1) when there is a surviving spouse, the entire sum
546	598		13 shall be paid to the spouse;
547	599		14 (2) when there is no surviving spouse, but a surviving
548	600		15 descendant of the decedent, the entire sum shall be paid
549	601		16 to the decedent's descendants per stirpes;
550	602		17 (3) when there is neither a surviving spouse nor a
551	603		18 surviving descendant, the entire sum shall be paid to the
552	604		19 parents of the decedent in equal parts, allowing to the
553	605		20 surviving parent, if one is dead, the entire sum; and
554	606		21 (4) when there is no surviving spouse, descendant or
555	607		22 parent of the decedent, but there are surviving brothers
556	608		23 or sisters, or descendants of a brother or sister, who
557	609		24 were receiving their principal support from the decedent
558	610		25 at his death, the entire sum shall be paid, in equal parts,
559	611		26 to the dependent brothers or sisters or dependent
560	612
561	613
562	614
563	615
564	616
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566	618
567	619
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570	622		1 descendant of a brother or sister. Dependency shall be
571	623		2 determined by the Court of Claims based upon the
572	624		3 investigation and report of the Attorney General.
573	625		4 The changes made to this subsection (d) by this amendatory Act
574	626		5 of the 94th General Assembly apply to any pending case as long
575	627		6 as compensation has not been paid to any party before the
576	628		7 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
577	629		8 Assembly.
578	630		9 (d-1) For purposes of subsection (d), in the case of a
579	631		10 person killed in the line of duty who was born out of wedlock
580	632		11 and was not an adoptive child at the time of the person's
581	633		12 death, a person shall be deemed to be a parent of the person
582	634		13 killed in the line of duty only if that person would be an
583	635		14 eligible parent, as defined in Section 2-2 of the Probate Act
584	636		15 of 1975, of the person killed in the line of duty. This
585	637		16 subsection (d-1) applies to any pending claim if compensation
586	638		17 was not paid to the claimant of the pending claim before the
587	639		18 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
588	640		19 Assembly.
589	641		20 (d-2) If no beneficiary is designated or if no designated
590	642		21 beneficiary survives at the death of the Armed Forces member
591	643		22 killed in the line of duty, the compensation shall be paid in
592	644		23 entirety according to the designation made on the most recent
593	645		24 version of the Armed Forces member's Servicemembers' Group
594	646		25 Life Insurance Election and Certificate ("SGLI").
595	647		26 If no SGLI form exists at the time of the Armed Forces
596	648
597	649
598	650
599	651
600	652
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602	654
603	655
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606	658		1 member's death, the compensation shall be paid in accordance
607	659		2 with a legally binding will left by the Armed Forces member.
608	660		3 If no SGLI form exists for the Armed Forces member and the
609	661		4 Armed Forces member did not leave a legally binding will, the
610	662		5 compensation shall be paid to the persons and in the priority
611	663		6 as set forth in paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (d) of
612	664		7 this Section.
613	665		8 This subsection (d-2) applies to any pending case as long
614	666		9 as compensation has not been paid to any party before the
615	667		10 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
616	668		11 Assembly.
617	669		12 (e) If there is no beneficiary designated or if no
618	670		13 designated beneficiary survives at the death of the law
619	671		14 enforcement officer, civil defense worker, civil air patrol
620	672		15 member, paramedic, fireman, mental health professional,
621	673		16 chaplain, State employee, or Armed Forces member killed in the
622	674		17 line of duty and there is no other person or entity to whom
623	675		18 compensation is payable under this Section, no compensation
624	676		19 shall be payable under this Act.
625	677		20 (f) No part of such compensation may be paid to any other
626	678		21 person for any efforts in securing such compensation.
627	679		22 (g) This amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly
628	680		23 applies to claims made on or after October 18, 2004 with
629	681		24 respect to an Armed Forces member killed in the line of duty.
630	682		25 (h) In any case for which benefits have not been paid
631	683		26 within 6 months of the claim being filed in accordance with
632	684
633	685
634	686
635	687
636	688
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639	691
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642	694		1 this Section, which is pending as of the effective date of this
643	695		2 amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, and in which
644	696		3 there are 2 or more beneficiaries, at least one of whom would
645	697		4 receive at least a portion of the total benefit regardless of
646	698		5 the manner in which the Court of Claims resolves the claim, the
647	699		6 Court shall direct the Comptroller to pay the minimum amount
648	700		7 of money which the determinate beneficiary would receive
649	701		8 together with all interest payment penalties which have
650	702		9 accrued on that portion of the award being paid within 30 days
651	703		10 of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th
652	704		11 General Assembly. For purposes of this subsection (h),
653	705		12 "determinate beneficiary" means the beneficiary who would
654	706		13 receive any portion of the total benefit claimed regardless of
655	707		14 the manner in which the Court of Claims adjudicates the claim.
656	708		15 (i) The Court of Claims shall ensure that all individuals
657	709		16 who have filed an application to claim the duty death benefit
658	710		17 for a deceased member of the Armed Forces pursuant to this
659	711		18 Section or for a fireman pursuant to this Section, or their
660	712		19 designated representative, shall have access, on a timely
661	713		20 basis and in an efficient manner, to all information related
662	714		21 to the court's consideration, processing, or adjudication of
663	715		22 the claim, including, but not limited to, the following:
664	716		23 (1) a reliable estimate of when the Court of Claims
665	717		24 will adjudicate the claim, or if the Court cannot estimate
666	718		25 when it will adjudicate the claim, a full written
667	719		26 explanation of the reasons for this inability; and
668	720
669	721
670	722
671	723
672	724
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674	726
675	727
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678	730		1 (2) a reliable estimate, based upon consultation with
679	731		2 the Comptroller, of when the benefit will be paid to the
680	732		3 claimant.
681	733		4 (j) The Court of Claims shall send written notice to all
682	734		5 claimants within 2 weeks of the initiation of a claim
683	735		6 indicating whether or not the application is complete. For
684	736		7 purposes of this subsection (j), an application is complete if
685	737		8 a claimant has submitted to the Court of Claims all documents
686	738		9 and information the Court requires for adjudicating and paying
687	739		10 the benefit amount. For purposes of this subsection (j), a
688	740		11 claim for the duty death benefit is initiated when a claimant
689	741		12 submits any of the application materials required for
690	742		13 adjudicating the claim to the Court of Claims. In the event a
691	743		14 claimant's application is incomplete, the Court shall include
692	744		15 in its written notice a list of the information or documents
693	745		16 which the claimant must submit in order for the application to
694	746		17 be complete. In no case may the Court of Claims deny a claim
695	747		18 and subsequently re-adjudicate the same claim for the purpose
696	748		19 of evading or reducing the interest penalty payment amount
697	749		20 payable to any claimant.
698	750		21 (Source: P.A. 102-215, eff. 7-30-21; 103-8, eff. 6-7-23.)
699	751		22 (820 ILCS 315/3.5)
700	752		23 Sec. 3.5. Burial benefit. A burial benefit of up to a
701	753		24 maximum of $20,000 shall be payable to the surviving spouse or
702	754		25 estate of a law enforcement officer, mental health
703	755
704	756
705	757
706	758
707	759
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	760	+	HB5083 - 20 - LRB103 37713 SPS 67840 b
709	761
710	762
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712		-	HB5083 ~~Engrossed~~ - 21 - LRB103 37713 SPS 67840 b
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	764	+	HB5083 - 21 - LRB103 37713 SPS 67840 b
713	765		1 professional, or fireman who is killed in the line of duty
714	766		2 after June 30, 2018.
715	767		3 The Attorney General and the Court of Claims may jointly
716	768		4 adopt rules and procedures for the implementation of this
717	769		5 Section.
718	770		6 (Source: P.A. 101-28, eff. 1-1-20.)
719	771		7 (820 ILCS 315/4) (from Ch. 48, par. 284)
720	772		8 Sec. 4. Notwithstanding Section 3, no compensation is
721	773		9 payable under this Act unless a claim therefor is filed,
722	774		10 within the time specified by that Section with the Court of
723	775		11 Claims on an application prescribed and furnished by the
724	776		12 Attorney General and setting forth:
725	777		13 (a) the name, address and title or designation of the
726	778		14 position in which the officer, civil defense worker, civil
727	779		15 air patrol member, paramedic, fireman, chaplain, State
728	780		16 employee, or Armed Forces member was serving at the time
729	781		17 of his death;
730	782		18 (b) the names and addresses of person or persons
731	783		19 designated by the officer, civil defense worker, civil air
732	784		20 patrol member, paramedic, fireman, chaplain, mental health
733	785		21 professional, State employee, or Armed Forces member to
734	786		22 receive the compensation and, if more than one, the
735	787		23 percentage or share to be paid to each such person, or if
736	788		24 there has been no such designation, the name and address
737	789		25 of the personal representative of the estate of the
738	790
739	791
740	792
741	793
742	794
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744	796
745	797
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747		-	HB5083 ~~Engrossed~~ - 22 - LRB103 37713 SPS 67840 b
	798	+	HB5083- 22 -LRB103 37713 SPS 67840 b HB5083 - 22 - LRB103 37713 SPS 67840 b
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748	800		1 officer, civil defense worker, civil air patrol member,
749	801		2 paramedic, fireman, mental health professional, chaplain,
750	802		3 State employee, or Armed Forces member;
751	803		4 (c) a full, factual account of the circumstances
752	804		5 resulting in or the course of events causing the death of
753	805		6 the officer, civil defense worker, civil air patrol
754	806		7 member, paramedic, fireman, mental health professional,
755	807		8 chaplain, State employee, or Armed Forces member; and
756	808		9 (d) such other information as the Court of Claims
757	809		10 reasonably requires.
758	810		11 When a claim is filed, the Attorney General shall make an
759	811		12 investigation for substantiation of matters set forth in such
760	812		13 an application.
761	813		14 For the 2 years immediately following the effective date
762	814		15 of this amendatory act of the 96th General Assembly, the Court
763	815		16 of Claims shall direct the Comptroller to pay a
764	816		17 "Modified-Eligibility Line of Duty Benefit" to eligible late
765	817		18 claimants who file a claim for the benefit. A claim for a
766	818		19 Modified-Eligibility Line of Duty Benefit must include all the
767	819		20 application materials and documents required for all other
768	820		21 claims payable under this Act, except as otherwise provided in
769	821		22 this Section 4. For purposes of this Section 4 only, an
770	822		23 "eligible late claimant" is a person who would have been
771	823		24 eligible, at any time after September 11, 2001, to apply for
772	824		25 and receive payment of a claim pursuant to this Act in
773	825		26 connection with the death of an Armed Forces member killed in
774	826
775	827
776	828
777	829
778	830
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780	832
781	833
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783		-	HB5083 ~~Engrossed~~ - 23 - LRB103 37713 SPS 67840 b
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784	836		1 the line of duty or a fireman killed in the line of duty, but
785	837		2 did not receive the award payment because:
786	838		3 (1) the claim was rejected only because the claim was
787	839		4 not filed within the time limitation set forth in
788	840		5 subsection (a) of Section 3 of this Act; or
789	841		6 (2) having met all other preconditions for applying
790	842		7 for and receiving the award payment, the claimant did not
791	843		8 file a claim because the claim would not have been filed
792	844		9 within the time limitation set forth in subsection (a) of
793	845		10 Section 3 of this Act. For purposes of this Section 4 only,
794	846		11 the "Modified-Eligibility Line of Duty Benefit" is an
795	847		12 amount of money payable to eligible late claimants equal
796	848		13 to the amount set forth in Section 3 of this Act payable to
797	849		14 claimants seeking payment of awards under Section 3 of
798	850		15 this Act for claims made thereunder in the year in which
799	851		16 the claim for the Modified-Eligibility Line of Duty
800	852		17 Benefit is made. Within 6 months of receiving a complete
801	853		18 claim for the Modified-Eligibility Line of Duty Benefit,
802	854		19 the Court of Claims must direct the Comptroller to pay the
803	855		20 benefit amount to the eligible late claimant.
804	856		21 (Source: P.A. 96-539, eff. 1-1-10; 96-923, eff. 1-1-11.)
805	857		22 Section 15. The Public Safety Employee Benefits Act is
806	858		23 amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
807	859		24 (820 ILCS 320/3)
808	860
809	861
810	862
811	863
812	864
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814	866
815	867
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818	870
819	871
820	872
821	873
822	874
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	875	+	HB5083 - 24 - LRB103 37713 SPS 67840 b