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Public Act 103-0340
Public Act 0340 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Public Act 103-0340
| | HB3249 Enrolled | LRB103 25981 SPS 52335 b |
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| AN ACT concerning employment.
| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| represented in the General Assembly:
| Section 5. The Public Safety Employee Benefits Act is | amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
| (820 ILCS 320/10)
| Sec. 10. Required health coverage benefits.
| (a) An employer who employs a full-time law enforcement, | correctional or
correctional probation officer, or | firefighter, who, on or after the effective
date of this Act | suffers a catastrophic injury or is killed in the line of duty
| shall pay the entire premium of the employer's health | insurance plan for the
injured employee, the injured | employee's spouse, and for each dependent child
of the injured | employee until the child reaches the age of majority or until
| the end of the calendar year in which the child reaches the age | of 25 if the
child continues to be dependent for support or the | child is a full-time or
part-time student and is dependent for | support. An individual whose entire premium is paid in | accordance with this Section shall be offered by the employer | the choice of any health insurance plan available to currently | employed full-time law enforcement, correctional or | correctional probation officers, or firefighters. For purposes |
| of plans administered under the State Employee Group Insurance | Act of 1971, changes in coverage may only be elected during | open enrollment or following a qualifying event. The term | "health insurance
plan" does not include supplemental benefits | that are not part of the basic
group health insurance plan.
If | the
injured employee subsequently dies, the employer shall | continue to pay the
entire health insurance premium for the | surviving spouse until remarried and
for the dependent | children under the conditions established in this Section.
| However:
| (1) Health insurance benefits payable from any other | source shall reduce
benefits payable under this Section.
| (2) It is unlawful for a person to willfully and | knowingly make, or cause
to be made, or to assist, | conspire with, or urge another to make, or cause to
be | made, any false, fraudulent, or misleading oral or written | statement to
obtain health insurance coverage as provided | under this Section. A violation
of this item is a Class A | misdemeanor.
| (3) Upon conviction for a violation described in item | (2), a law
enforcement, correctional or correctional | probation officer, or other
beneficiary who receives or | seeks to receive health insurance benefits under
this | Section shall forfeit the right to receive health | insurance benefits and
shall reimburse the employer for | all benefits paid due to the fraud or other
prohibited |
| activity. For purposes of this item, "conviction" means a
| determination of guilt that is the result of a plea or | trial, regardless of
whether adjudication is withheld.
| (b) In order for the law enforcement, correctional or | correctional probation
officer, firefighter, spouse, or | dependent children to be eligible for
insurance coverage under | this Act, the injury or death must have occurred as
the result | of the officer's response to fresh pursuit, the officer or
| firefighter's response to what is reasonably believed to be an | emergency, an
unlawful act perpetrated by another, or during | the investigation of a criminal
act. Nothing in this Section | shall be construed to limit health insurance
coverage or | pension benefits for which the officer, firefighter, spouse, | or
dependent children may otherwise be eligible.
| (Source: P.A. 90-535, eff. 11-14-97.)
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Effective Date: 1/1/2024
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