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| | HB0416 Engrossed | | LRB102 09985 RPS 15303 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 9-158 as follows:
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| 6 | | (40 ILCS 5/9-158) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-158)
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| 7 | | Sec. 9-158. Proof of disability, duty and ordinary. Proof |
| 8 | | of duty or ordinary disability shall be furnished to the board |
| 9 | | by
at least one licensed and practicing physician appointed by |
| 10 | | or acceptable to the board, except that this requirement may |
| 11 | | be waived by the board for proof of duty disability if the |
| 12 | | employee has been compensated by the county for such |
| 13 | | disability or specific loss under the Workers' Compensation |
| 14 | | Act or Workers' Occupational Diseases Act. The physician |
| 15 | | requirement may also be waived by the board for ordinary |
| 16 | | disability maternity claims of up to 8 weeks. With respect to |
| 17 | | duty disability, satisfactory proof must be provided to the |
| 18 | | board that the final adjudication of the claim required under |
| 19 | | subsection (d) of Section 9-159 established that the |
| 20 | | disability or death resulted from an injury incurred in the |
| 21 | | performance of an act or acts of duty. The
board may require |
| 22 | | other evidence of disability. Each disabled employee who
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| 23 | | receives duty or ordinary disability benefit shall be examined |