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90_HB1136
5 ILCS 375/6.9 new
820 ILCS 315/3.5 new
Amends the Law Enforcement Officers, Civil Defense
Workers, Civil Air Patrol Members, Paramedics, Firemen,
Chaplains, and State Employees Compensation Act. Provides a
burial benefit of $10,000 to the surviving spouse or estate
of certain police officers and firefighters killed in the
line of duty. Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act
of 1971 to provide State group health benefits for those
surviving spouses if health benefits are not provided by the
employer of the deceased firefighter or police officer.
Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT in relation to burial benefits for firefighters
2 and police officers killed in the line of duty and health
3 care benefits for their surviving spouses, amending named
4 Acts.
5 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
6 represented in the General Assembly:
7 Section 5. The State Employees Group Insurance Act of
8 1971 is amended by adding Section 6.9 as follows:
9 (5 ILCS 375/6.9 new)
10 Sec. 6.9. Health benefits for certain surviving spouses.
11 This Section applies only to the surviving spouse of a police
12 officer or firefighter who was killed in the line of duty on
13 or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997
14 while a full-time sworn member of the police or fire
15 department of a county, municipality, or fire protection
16 district.
17 If a surviving spouse to whom this Section applies is not
18 eligible to participate in a plan of group health benefits
19 made available by or through the employer of his or her
20 deceased spouse, the surviving spouse may elect to
21 participate in the plan of group health benefits provided
22 under this Act, with the same benefits and subject to the
23 same costs and limitations as surviving spouses of State
24 employees who die in service. Group life insurance benefits
25 are not included in the benefits available under this
26 Section.
27 The Department of Central Management Services may adopt
28 rules and procedures for the implementation of this Section.
29 Section 10. The Law Enforcement Officers, Civil Defense
30 Workers, Civil Air Patrol Members, Paramedics, Firemen,
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1 Chaplains, and State Employees Compensation Act is amended by
2 adding Section 3.5 as follows:
3 (820 ILCS 315/3.5 new)
4 Sec. 3.5. Burial benefit. In addition to the benefit
5 provided in Section 3, a burial benefit of $10,000 shall be
6 payable to the surviving spouse or estate of a police officer
7 or firefighter who is killed in the line of duty on or after
8 the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997 while a
9 full-time sworn member of a police or fire department
10 operated by the State, a State university, or a unit of local
11 government.
12 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
13 becoming law.