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Public Act 102-0439 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning employment.
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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 Public Safety Employee Benefits Act is | ||||
amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
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(820 ILCS 320/3)
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Sec. 3. Definition. For the purposes of this Act, the term | ||||
"firefighter"
includes, without limitation, a licensed | ||||
emergency medical technician (EMT) who
is a sworn member of a | ||||
public fire department, a paramedic employed by a unit of | ||||
local government, or an EMT, emergency medical | ||||
technician-intermediate (EMT-I), or advanced emergency medical | ||||
technician (A-EMT) employed by a unit of local government.
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For the purposes of this Act, the term "health insurance | ||||
plan" is limited to the insurance plan options that are | ||||
codified in the employee's collective bargaining agreement. If | ||||
the collective bargaining agreement is silent on plan options, | ||||
the available plans for the employee shall be negotiated with | ||||
the authorized representative and subject to the grievance | ||||
process. | ||||
(Source: P.A. 100-1132, eff. 11-28-18.)
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