Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB2468 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2468 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Michael E. Hastings 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 11177 SPS 21259 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2468 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Michael E. Hastings 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 11177 SPS 21259 b LRB104 11177 SPS 21259 b A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2468 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Michael E. Hastings SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5	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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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning employment.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The Public Safety Employee Benefits Act is
15	15	5 amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
16	16	6 (820 ILCS 320/10)
17	17	7 Sec. 10. Required health coverage benefits.
18	18	8 (a) An employer who employs a full-time law enforcement,
19	19	9 correctional or correctional probation officer, or
20	20	10 firefighter, who, on or after the effective date of this Act
21	21	11 suffers a catastrophic injury or is killed in the line of duty
22	22	12 shall pay the entire premium of the employer's health
23	23	13 insurance plan for the injured employee, the injured
24	24	14 employee's spouse, and for each dependent child of the injured
25	25	15 employee until the child reaches the age of majority or until
26	26	16 the end of the calendar year in which the child reaches the age
27	27	17 of 25 if the child continues to be dependent for support or the
28	28	18 child is a full-time or part-time student and is dependent for
29	29	19 support. An individual whose entire premium is paid in
30	30	20 accordance with this Section shall be offered by the employer
31	31	21 the choice of any health insurance plan available to currently
32	32	22 employed full-time law enforcement, correctional or
33	33	23 correctional probation officers, or firefighters. For purposes
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37	37	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2468 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Michael E. Hastings SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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40	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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68	68	1 of plans administered under the State Employee Group Insurance
69	69	2 Act of 1971, changes in coverage may only be elected during
70	70	3 open enrollment or following a qualifying event. The term
71	71	4 "health insurance plan" does not include supplemental benefits
72	72	5 that are not part of the basic group health insurance plan. If
73	73	6 the injured employee subsequently dies, the employer shall
74	74	7 continue to pay the entire health insurance premium for the
75	75	8 surviving spouse until remarried and for the dependent
76	76	9 children under the conditions established in this Section.
77	77	10 However:
78	78	11 (1) Health insurance benefits payable from any other
79	79	12 source shall reduce benefits payable under this Section.
80	80	13 (2) It is unlawful for a person to willfully and
81	81	14 knowingly make, or cause to be made, or to assist,
82	82	15 conspire with, or urge another to make, or cause to be
83	83	16 made, any false, fraudulent, or misleading oral or written
84	84	17 statement to obtain health insurance coverage as provided
85	85	18 under this Section. A violation of this item is a Class A
86	86	19 misdemeanor.
87	87	20 (3) Upon conviction for a violation described in item
88	88	21 (2), a law enforcement, correctional or correctional
89	89	22 probation officer, or other beneficiary who receives or
90	90	23 seeks to receive health insurance benefits under this
91	91	24 Section shall forfeit the right to receive health
92	92	25 insurance benefits and shall reimburse the employer for
93	93	26 all benefits paid due to the fraud or other prohibited
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