State of Illinois
Public Acts
92^nd General Assembly

Public Act 92-0126

SB1019 Enrolled                                LRB9208158WHcs

    AN ACT concerning employment.

    Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section  5.  The  Employee  Benefit  Contribution  Act is
amended by changing Section 2 as follows:

    (820 ILCS 160/2) (from Ch. 48, par. 39x)
    Sec. 2.  Any employer who has agreed to make payments  to
an  employee health insurance plan shall notify its employees
of any failure to  make  such  payments  where  such  failure
shall may  result  in the total loss of insurance coverage so
as to provide  its  employees  a  reasonable  opportunity  to
replace  such  coverage  at  the  time  the  employee  health
insurance  plan terminates. The employer must provide written
notification directly  to  each  of  its  employees  who  are
covered  under  the plan. Notification may be made by posting
in a conspicuous place  in  the  place  of  employment.   Any
employer  who fails to provide timely notice of a prospective
termination of a health insurance plan, which failure results
in  the  deprivation  of  the  opportunity  to  replace  such
coverage and which further results in damages to one or  more
employees  arising from the loss of coverage, shall be guilty
of a Class B misdemeanor.  The Department  of  Insurance  has
authority  to inspect places of employment for the purpose of
assuring the  employer's  compliance  with  the  notification
requirements of this Section.
(Source: P.A. 83-1006.)
    Passed in the General Assembly May 01, 2001.
    Approved July 20, 2001.