Date	Chamber	Action
1/8/2013	Senate	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

820 ILCS 305/6

from Ch. 48, par. 138.6

820 ILCS 310/1

from Ch. 48, par. 172.36

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends provisions of the Workers' Compensation Act and the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act providing that the disability of a firefighter, emergency medical technician, or paramedic resulting from a condition or health impairment that results directly or indirectly from any bloodborne pathogen, lung or respiratory disease or condition, heart or vascular disease or condition, hypertension, tuberculosis, or cancer is rebuttably presumed to arise out of and in the course of employment and to be causally connected to the hazards or exposures of the employment, subject to specified conditions. Provides that, in the case of any condition or impairment of health of an employee employed as a firefighter which results directly or indirectly from cancer resulting in any disability to the employee, the presumption shall not apply to any employee who has been employed as a firefighter for less than 4 years (rather than 5 years) at the time he or she files an Application for Adjustment of Claim.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/9/2011	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
2/9/2011	Senate	First Reading
2/9/2011	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2/23/2011	Senate	Assigned to Executive
3/3/2011	Senate	To Executive Subcommittee on State Government Operations; /3-14-2011 - Postponed
3/17/2011	Senate	Postponed - Executive
3/18/2011	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
1/8/2013	Senate	Session Sine Die

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