Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB3255 Compare Versions

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	1	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3255 Introduced , by Rep. Lindsey LaPointe SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 820 ILCS 320/10 Amends the Public Safety Employee Benefits Act. Provides that, if the injured employee subsequently dies, the employer shall continue to pay the entire health insurance premium for the surviving spouse (rather than the surviving spouse until remarried) and for the dependent children under specified conditions. LRB104 11176 SPS 21258 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3255 Introduced , by Rep. Lindsey LaPointe SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 820 ILCS 320/10 820 ILCS 320/10 Amends the Public Safety Employee Benefits Act. Provides that, if the injured employee subsequently dies, the employer shall continue to pay the entire health insurance premium for the surviving spouse (rather than the surviving spouse until remarried) and for the dependent children under specified conditions. LRB104 11176 SPS 21258 b LRB104 11176 SPS 21258 b A BILL FOR
	2	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3255 Introduced , by Rep. Lindsey LaPointe SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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	5	+	Amends the Public Safety Employee Benefits Act. Provides that, if the injured employee subsequently dies, the employer shall continue to pay the entire health insurance premium for the surviving spouse (rather than the surviving spouse until remarried) and for the dependent children under specified conditions.
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3	11		1 AN ACT concerning employment.
4	12		2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
5	13		3 represented in the General Assembly:
6	14		4 Section 5. The Public Safety Employee Benefits Act is
7	15		5 amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
8	16		6 (820 ILCS 320/10)
9	17		7 Sec. 10. Required health coverage benefits.
10	18		8 (a) An employer who employs a full-time law enforcement,
11	19		9 correctional or correctional probation officer, or
12	20		10 firefighter, who, on or after the effective date of this Act
13	21		11 suffers a catastrophic injury or is killed in the line of duty
14	22		12 shall pay the entire premium of the employer's health
15	23		13 insurance plan for the injured employee, the injured
16	24		14 employee's spouse, and for each dependent child of the injured
17	25		15 employee until the child reaches the age of majority or until
18	26		16 the end of the calendar year in which the child reaches the age
19	27		17 of 25 if the child continues to be dependent for support or the
20	28		18 child is a full-time or part-time student and is dependent for
21	29		19 support. An individual whose entire premium is paid in
22	30		20 accordance with this Section shall be offered by the employer
23	31		21 the choice of any health insurance plan available to currently
24	32		22 employed full-time law enforcement, correctional or
25	33		23 correctional probation officers, or firefighters. For purposes
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	37	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3255 Introduced , by Rep. Lindsey LaPointe SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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	40	+	Amends the Public Safety Employee Benefits Act. Provides that, if the injured employee subsequently dies, the employer shall continue to pay the entire health insurance premium for the surviving spouse (rather than the surviving spouse until remarried) and for the dependent children under specified conditions.
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34	68		1 of plans administered under the State Employee Group Insurance
35	69		2 Act of 1971, changes in coverage may only be elected during
36	70		3 open enrollment or following a qualifying event. The term
37	71		4 "health insurance plan" does not include supplemental benefits
38	72		5 that are not part of the basic group health insurance plan. If
39	73		6 the injured employee subsequently dies, the employer shall
40	74		7 continue to pay the entire health insurance premium for the
41	75		8 surviving spouse until remarried and for the dependent
42	76		9 children under the conditions established in this Section.
43	77		10 However:
44	78		11 (1) Health insurance benefits payable from any other
45	79		12 source shall reduce benefits payable under this Section.
46	80		13 (2) It is unlawful for a person to willfully and
47	81		14 knowingly make, or cause to be made, or to assist,
48	82		15 conspire with, or urge another to make, or cause to be
49	83		16 made, any false, fraudulent, or misleading oral or written
50	84		17 statement to obtain health insurance coverage as provided
51	85		18 under this Section. A violation of this item is a Class A
52	86		19 misdemeanor.
53	87		20 (3) Upon conviction for a violation described in item
54	88		21 (2), a law enforcement, correctional or correctional
55	89		22 probation officer, or other beneficiary who receives or
56	90		23 seeks to receive health insurance benefits under this
57	91		24 Section shall forfeit the right to receive health
58	92		25 insurance benefits and shall reimburse the employer for
59	93		26 all benefits paid due to the fraud or other prohibited
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70		-	1 activity. For purposes of this item, "conviction" means a
71		-	2 determination of guilt that is the result of a plea or
72		-	3 trial, regardless of whether adjudication is withheld.
73		-	4 (b) In order for the law enforcement, correctional or
74		-	5 correctional probation officer, firefighter, spouse, or
75		-	6 dependent children to be eligible for insurance coverage under
76		-	7 this Act, the injury or death must have occurred as the result
77		-	8 of the officer's response to fresh pursuit, the officer or
78		-	9 firefighter's response to what is reasonably believed to be an
79		-	10 emergency, an unlawful act perpetrated by another, or during
80		-	11 the investigation of a criminal act. Nothing in this Section
81		-	12 shall be construed to limit health insurance coverage or
82		-	13 pension benefits for which the officer, firefighter, spouse,
83		-	14 or dependent children may otherwise be eligible.
84		-	15 (Source: P.A. 103-340, eff. 1-1-24.)
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