Full Text of HB6231 096th General Assembly
HB6231enr 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning civil law.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Whistleblower Act is amended by changing | 5 |
| Section 5 as follows:
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| (740 ILCS 174/5)
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| Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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| "Employer" means: an individual, sole proprietorship, | 9 |
| partnership, firm,
corporation, association, and any other | 10 |
| entity that has one or more
employees in this State, including | 11 |
| a political subdivision of the State; a unit of local | 12 |
| government; a school district, combination of school | 13 |
| districts, or governing body of a joint agreement of any type | 14 |
| formed by two or more school districts; a community college | 15 |
| district, State college or university, or any State agency | 16 |
| whose major function is providing educational services; any | 17 |
| authority including a department, division, bureau, board, | 18 |
| commission, or other agency of these entities; and any person | 19 |
| acting within the scope of his or her authority express or
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| implied on behalf of those entities in dealing with its | 21 |
| employees.
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| "Employee" means any individual who is employed on a | 23 |
| full-time,
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| "Employee" also includes, but is not limited to, a licensed | 2 |
| physician who practices his or her profession, in whole or in | 3 |
| part, at a hospital, nursing home, clinic, or any medical | 4 |
| facility that is a health care facility funded, in whole or in | 5 |
| part, by the State.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-128, eff. 1-1-08.)
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