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90_SB1655
820 ILCS 305/18.5 new
820 ILCS 310/18.5 new
Amends the Workers' Compensation Act and the Workers'
Occupational Diseases Act. Provides that, after an employee
has been convicted of an offense involving a false,
fraudulent, or partially fraudulent workers' compensation or
worker's occupational diseases claim, an employer has
standing before the Industrial Commission for the sole
purpose of filing and seeking disposal of the claim.
LRB9011187WHdvA
LRB9011187WHdvA
1 AN ACT to amend certain Acts in relation to workers'
2 compensation and workers' occupational diseases claims.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Workers' Compensation Act is amended by
6 adding Section 18.5 as follows:
7 (820 ILCS 305/18.5 new)
8 Sec. 18.5. Insurance fraud; employer's standing to seek
9 disposal of claim. After an employee has been convicted of an
10 offense involving a false, fraudulent, or partially
11 fraudulent workers' compensation claim, an employer has
12 standing before the Industrial Commission for the sole
13 purpose of filing and seeking disposal of the claim.
14 Section 10. The Workers' Occupational Diseases Act is
15 amended by adding Section 18.5 as follows:
16 (820 ILCS 310/18.5 new)
17 Sec. 18.5. Insurance fraud; employer's standing to seek
18 disposal of claim. After an employee has been convicted of an
19 offense involving a false, fraudulent, or partially
20 fraudulent workers' occupational diseases claim, an employer
21 has standing before the Industrial Commission for the sole
22 purpose of filing and seeking disposal of the claim.