Rep. Barbara Hernandez

Filed: 4/30/2024

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3646

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3646 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Child
5Labor Law of 2024.
 
6    Section 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds that
7minors engaged in work are deserving of enhanced workplace
8protections. It is the intent of the General Assembly, in
9enacting this Child Labor Law of 2024, to safeguard all
10working minors' health, safety, welfare, and access to
11education and the provisions of this Act shall be interpreted
12to provide the greatest protection of a minor's well-being.
 
13    Section 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
14    "Construction" means any constructing, altering,
15reconstructing, repairing, rehabilitating, refinishing,

 

 

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1refurbishing, remodeling, remediating, renovating, custom
2fabricating, maintenance, landscaping, improving, wrecking,
3painting, decorating, demolishing, and adding to or
4subtracting from any building, structure, highway, roadway,
5street, bridge, alley, sewer, ditch, sewage disposal plant,
6water works, parking facility, railroad, excavation or other
7structure, project, development, real property or improvement,
8or to do any part thereof, whether or not the performance of
9the work herein described involves the addition to, or
10fabrication into, any structure, project, development, real
11property or improvement herein described of any material or
12article of merchandise. "Construction" also includes moving
13construction-related materials on the job site to or from the
14job site.
15    "Department" means the Department of Labor.
16    "Director" means the Director of Labor.
17    "District superintendent of schools" means an individual
18employed by a board of education in accordance with Section
1910-21.4 of the School Code and the chief executive officer of a
20school district in a city with over 500,000 inhabitants.
21    "Duly authorized agent" means an individual who has been
22designated by a regional or district superintendent of schools
23as his or her agent for the limited purpose of issuing
24employment certificates to minors under the age of 16 and may
25include officials of any public school district, charter
26school, or any State-recognized, non-public school.

 

 

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1    "Employ" means to allow, suffer, or permit to work.
2    "Employer" means a person who employs a minor to work.
3    "Family" means a group of persons related by blood or
4marriage, including civil partnerships, or whose close
5relationship with each other is considered equivalent to a
6family relationship by the individuals.
7    "Minor" means any person under the age of 16.
8    "Online platform" means any public-facing website, web
9application, or digital application, including a mobile
10application. "Online platform" includes a social network,
11advertising network, mobile operating system, search engine,
12email service, or Internet access service.
13    "Person" means any natural person, individual,
14corporation, business enterprise, or other legal entity,
15either public or private, and any legal successor,
16representative, agent, or agency of that individual,
17corporation, business enterprise, or legal entity.
18    "Regional superintendent of schools" means the chief
19administrative officer of an educational service region as
20described in Section 3A-2 of the School Code.
21    "School hours" means, for a minor of compulsory school age
22who is enrolled in a public or non-public school that is
23registered with or recognized by the State Board of Education,
24the hours the minor's school is in session. "School hours"
25means, for a minor of compulsory school age who is not enrolled
26in a public or non-public school that is registered with or

 

 

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1recognized by the State Board of Education, the hours that the
2minor's local public school in the district where the minor
3resides is in session.
4    "School issuing officer" means a regional or district
5superintendent of schools, or his or her duly authorized
6agent.
7    "Vlog" means content shared on an online platform in
8exchange for compensation.
9    "Vlogger" means an individual or family that creates video
10content, performed in Illinois, in exchange for compensation,
11and includes any proprietorship, partnership, company, or
12other corporate entity assuming the name or identity of a
13particular individual or family for the purposes of that
14content creation. "Vlogger" does not include any person under
15the age of 16 who produces his or her own vlogs.
 
16    Section 15. Employment of minors.
17    (a) A person shall not employ, allow, or permit a minor to
18work in Illinois unless that work meets the requirements of
19this Act and any rules adopted under this Act.
20    (b) A person may employ, allow, or permit a minor 14 or 15
21years of age to work outside of school hours, except at work
22sites prohibited under Section 55, after being issued a
23certificate authorizing that employment.
24    (c) A person shall not employ, allow, or permit a minor 13
25years of age or younger to work in any occupation or at any

 

 

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1work site not explicitly authorized by or exempted from this
2Act.
 
3    Section 20. Exemptions.
4    (a) Nothing in this Act applies to the work of a minor
5engaged in agricultural pursuits, except that no minor under
612 years of age, except members of the farmer's own family who
7live with the farmer at his principal place of residence, at
8any time shall be employed, allowed, or permitted to work in
9any gainful occupation in connection with agriculture, except
10that any minor of 10 years of age or older shall be permitted
11to work in a gainful occupation in connection with agriculture
12during school vacations or outside of school hours.
13    (b) Nothing in this Act applies to the work of a minor
14engaged in the sale and distribution of magazines and
15newspapers outside of school hours.
16    (c) Nothing in this Act applies a minor's performance of
17household chores or babysitting outside of school hours if
18that work is performed in or about a private residence and not
19in connection with an established business, trade, or
20profession of the person employing, allowing, or permitting
21the minor to perform the activities.
22    (d) Nothing in this Act applies to the work of a minor 13
23years of age or older in caddying at a golf course.
24    (e) Nothing in this Act applies to a minor 14 or 15 years
25of age who is, under the direction of the minor's school,

 

 

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1participating in work-based learning programs in accordance
2with the School Code.
3    (f) Nothing in this Act prohibits an employer from
4employing, allowing, or permitting a minor 12 or 13 years of
5age to work as an officiant or an assistant instructor of youth
6sports activities for a not-for-profit youth club, park
7district, or municipal parks and recreation department if the
8employer obtains certification as provided for in Section 55
9and:
10        (1) the parent or guardian of the minor who is working
11    as an officiant or an assistant instructor, or an adult
12    designated by the parent or guardian, shall be present at
13    the youth sports activity while the minor is working;
14        (2) the minor may work as an officiant or an assistant
15    instructor for a maximum of 3 hours per day on school days
16    and a maximum of 4 hours per day on non-school days;
17        (3) the minor shall not exceed 10 hours of officiating
18    and working as assistant instructor in any week;
19        (4) the minor shall not work later than 9:00 p.m. on
20    any day of the week; and
21        (5) the participants in the youth sports activity are
22    at least 3 years younger than the minor unless an
23    individual 16 years of age or older is officiating or
24    instructing the same youth sports activity with the minor.
25    The failure to satisfy the requirements of this subsection
26may result in the revocation of the minor's employment

 

 

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1certificate.
 
2    Section 25. Allowable work hours. Except as allowed under
3Section 30, no employer shall employ, allow, or permit a minor
4to work:
5        (1) more than 18 hours during a week when school is in
6    session;
7        (2) more than 40 hours during a week when school is not
8    in session;
9        (3) more than 8 hours in any single 24-hour period;
10        (4) between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. from Labor Day until June
11    1 or between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m. from June 1 until Labor Day;
12    or
13        (5) more than 3 hours per day or more than 8 hours
14    total of work and school hours on days when school is in
15    session.
 
16    Section 30. Exceptions to allowable work hours.
17    (a) An employer may employ, allow, or permit a minor under
18the age of 16 to work a maximum of 8 hours on each Saturday and
19on Sunday during the school year if:
20        (1) the minor does not work outside of school hours
21    more than 6 consecutive days in any one week; and
22        (2) the number of hours worked by the minor outside of
23    school hours in any week does not exceed 24.
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1described in Section 45 shall be permitted to work until 11
2p.m. on nights when performances are held.
3    (c) A minor under 16 years of age working as a performer as
4described in Section 50 shall be permitted to work until 10
5p.m.
6    (d) A park district, not-for-profit youth club, or
7municipal parks and recreation department may allow a minor 14
8years of age or older to work in a recreational or educational
9activity beyond the hours identified in Section 25 as follows:
10        (1) From Labor Day until June 1, an employer may allow
11    a minor to work until 9 p.m. on school days if the
12    following conditions are met:
13            (A) the minor does not work more than 3 hours per
14        day;
15            (B) the minor does not work on more than 2 school
16        days in that week; and
17            (C) the minor does not work more than 24 total
18        hours outside school hours in that week.
19        (2) From June 1 to Labor Day, an employer may allow a
20    minor to work until 10 p.m. and no earlier than 7 a.m.
21        (3) For a minor who attends a school that operates a
22    year-round schedule, an employer may allow the minor to
23    work until 10 p.m. and no earlier than 7 a.m. during
24    periods when school is not in session for the minor. If
25    school is in session, then the minor who attends a school
26    that operates a year-round schedule may work until 9 p.m.

 

 

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1    on school days and no earlier than 7 a.m., if the following
2    conditions are met:
3            (A) the minor does not work more than 3 hours per
4        day;
5            (B) the minor does not work on more than 2 school
6        days in that week; and
7            (C) the minor does not work more than 24 total
8        hours outside school hours in that week.
 
9    Section 35. Employer requirements.
10    (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to employ, allow,
11or permit any minor to work unless the minor obtains an
12employment certificate authorizing the minor to work for that
13person. Any person seeking to employ, allow, or permit any
14minor to work shall provide that minor with a notice of
15intention to employ to be submitted by the minor to the minor's
16school issuing officer with the minor's application for an
17employment certificate.
18    (b) Every employer of one or more minors shall maintain,
19on the premises where the work is being done, records that
20include the name, date of birth, and place of residence of
21every minor who works for that employer, notice of intention
22to employ the minor, and the minor's employment certificate.
23Authorized officers and employees of the Department, truant
24officers, and other school officials charged with the
25enforcement of school attendance requirements described in

 

 

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1Section 26-1 of the School Code may inspect the records
2without notice at any time.
3    (c) Every employer of minors shall ensure that all minors
4are supervised by an adult 21 years of age or older, on site,
5at all times while the minor is working.
6    (d) No person shall employ, allow, or permit any minor to
7work for more than 5 hours continuously without an interval of
8at least 30 minutes for a meal period. No period of less than
930 minutes shall be deemed to interrupt a continuous period of
10work.
11    (e) Every employer who employs one or more minors shall
12post in a conspicuous place where minors are employed,
13allowed, or permitted to work, a notice summarizing the
14requirements of this Act, including a list of the occupations
15prohibited to minors and the Department's toll free telephone
16number described in Section 85. An employer with employees who
17do not regularly report to a physical workplace, such as
18employees who work remotely or travel for work, shall also
19provide the summary and notice by email to its employees or
20conspicuous posting on the employer's website or intranet
21site, if the site is regularly used by the employer to
22communicate work-related information to employees and is able
23to be regularly accessed by all employees, freely and without
24interference. The notice shall be furnished by the Department.
25    (f) Every employer, during the period of employment of a
26minor and for 3 years thereafter, shall keep on file, at the

 

 

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1place of employment, a copy of the employment certificate
2issued for the minor. An employment certificate shall be valid
3only for the employer for whom issued and a new certificate
4shall not be issued for the employment of a minor except on the
5presentation of a new statement of intention to employ the
6minor. The failure of any employer to produce for inspection
7the employment certificate for each minor in the employer's
8establishment shall be a violation of this Act. The Department
9may specify any other record keeping requirements by rule.
10    (g) In the event of the work-related death of a minor
11engaged in work subject to this Act, the employer shall,
12within 24 hours, report the death to the Department and to the
13school official who issued the minor's work certificate for
14that employer. In the event of a work-related injury or
15illness of a minor that requires the employer to file a report
16with the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission under
17Section 6 of the Workers' Compensation Act or Section 6 of the
18Workers' Occupational Diseases Act, the employer shall submit
19a copy of the report to the Department and to the school
20official who issued the minor's work certificate for that
21employer within 72 hours of the deadline by which the employer
22must file the report to the Illinois Workers' Compensation
23Commission. The report shall be subject to the confidentiality
24provisions of Section 6 of the Workers' Compensation Act or
25Section 6 of the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act.
 

 

 

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1    Section 40. Restrictions on employment of minors.
2    (a) No person shall employ, allow, or permit a minor to
3work:
4        (1) in any mechanic's garage, including garage pits,
5    repairing cars, trucks, or other vehicles or using garage
6    lifting racks;
7        (2) in the oiling, cleaning, or wiping of machinery or
8    shafting;
9        (3) in or about any mine or quarry;
10        (4) in stone cutting or polishing;
11        (5) in any factory work;
12        (6) in or about any plant manufacturing explosives or
13    articles containing explosive components, or in the use or
14    transportation of same;
15        (7) in or about plants manufacturing iron or steel,
16    ore reduction works, smelters, foundries, forging shops,
17    hot rolling mills or any other place in which the heating,
18    melting, or heat treatment of metals is carried on;
19        (8) in the operation of machinery used in the cold
20    rolling of heavy metal stock, or in the operation of
21    power-driven punching, shearing, stamping, or metal plate
22    bending machines;
23        (9) in or about logging, sawmills or lath, shingle, or
24    cooperage-stock mills;
25        (10) in the operation of power-driven woodworking
26    machines, or off-bearing from circular saws;

 

 

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1        (11) in the operation and repair of freight elevators
2    or hoisting machines and cranes;
3        (12) in spray painting;
4        (13) in occupations involving exposure to lead or its
5    compounds;
6        (14) in occupations involving exposure to acids, dyes,
7    chemicals, dust, gases, vapors, or fumes that are known or
8    suspected to be dangerous to humans;
9        (15) in any occupation subject to the Amusement Ride
10    and Attraction Safety Act;
11        (16) in oil refineries, gasoline blending plants, or
12    pumping stations on oil transmission lines;
13        (17) in the operation of laundry, dry cleaning, or
14    dyeing machinery;
15        (18) in occupations involving exposure to radioactive
16    substances;
17        (19) in or about any filling station or service
18    station, except that this prohibition does not extend to
19    employment within attached convenience stores, food
20    service, or retail establishments;
21        (20) in construction work, including demolition and
22    repair;
23        (21) in any energy generation or transmission service;
24        (22) in public and private utilities and related
25    services;
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1    slaughtering, meat packing, poultry processing, and fish
2    and seafood processing;
3        (24) in operations which involve working on an
4    elevated surface, with or without use of equipment,
5    including, but not limited to, ladders and scaffolds;
6        (25) in security positions or any occupations that
7    require the use or carrying of a firearm or other weapon;
8        (26) in occupations which involve the handling or
9    storage of human blood, human blood products, human body
10    fluids, or human body tissues;
11        (27) in any mill, cannery, factory, workshop, or coal,
12    brick, or lumber yard;
13        (28) any occupation which is prohibited for minors
14    under federal law; or
15        (29) in any other occupation or working condition
16    determined by the Director to be hazardous.
17    (b) No person shall employ, allow, or permit a minor to
18work at:
19        (1) any cannabis business establishment subject to the
20    Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act or Compassionate Use of
21    Medical Cannabis Program Act;
22        (2) any establishment subject to the Live Adult
23    Entertainment Facility Surcharge Act;
24        (3) any firearm range or gun range used for
25    discharging a firearm in a sporting event, for practice or
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1    firearm;
2        (4) any establishment in which items containing
3    alcohol for consumption are manufactured, distilled,
4    brewed, or bottled;
5        (5) any establishment where the primary activity is
6    the sale of alcohol or tobacco;
7        (6) an establishment operated by any holder of an
8    owners license subject to the Illinois Gambling Act; or
9        (7) any other establishment which State or federal law
10    prohibits minors from entering or patronizing.
11    (c) An employer shall not allow minors to draw, mix, pour,
12or serve any item containing alcohol or otherwise handle any
13open containers of alcohol. An employer shall make reasonable
14efforts to ensure that minors are unable to access alcohol.
15    (d) An employer may allow minors aged 14 and 15 to work in
16retail stores, except that an employer shall not allow minors
17to handle or be able to access any goods or products which are
18illegal for minors to purchase or possess.
19    (e) No person shall employ, allow, or permit an unlicensed
20minor to perform work in the practice of barber, cosmetology,
21esthetics, hair braiding, and nail technology services
22requiring a license under the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics,
23Hair Braiding, and Nail Technology Act of 1985, except for
24students enrolled in a school and performing barber,
25cosmetology, esthetics, hair braiding, and nail technology
26services in accordance with that Act and rules adopted under

 

 

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1that Act.
2    (f) A person may employ, allow, or permit a minor to
3perform office or administrative support work that does not
4expose the minor to the work prohibited in this Section.
 
5    Section 45. Minors employed in live theatrical
6performances. In addition to the other requirements of this
7Act, an employer of a minor working in live theatrical
8performances, including plays, musicals, recitals, or
9concerts, is subject to the following requirements:
10        (1) An employer shall not allow a minor to work in more
11    than 2 performances in any 24-hour period.
12        (2) An employer shall not allow a minor to work in more
13    than 8 performances in any 7-day period or 9 performances
14    if a State holiday occurs during that 7-day period.
15        (3) A minor shall be accompanied by a parent,
16    guardian, or chaperone at all times while at the work
17    site.
18        (4) A minor shall not work, including performing,
19    rehearsing, or otherwise being present at the work site,
20    in connection with the performance, for more than 8 hours
21    in any 24-hour period, more than 6 days in any 7-day
22    period, more than 24 hours in any 7-day period, or after 11
23    p.m. on any night.
24        (5) A minor shall not be excused from attending school
25    except as authorized by Section 26-1 of the School Code.
 

 

 

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1    Section 50. Minors employed in live or pre-recorded,
2distributed, broadcast performances and modeling.
3    (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Act, minors
4under 16 years of age may be employed as models or performers
5on live or pre-recorded radio or television, in motion
6pictures, or in other entertainment-related performances,
7subject to conditions that may be imposed by rule by the
8Department.
9    (b) A child performer who works in a television, motion
10picture, or related entertainment production may be permitted
11to be at the place of employment, within a 24-hour time period,
12as follows:
13        (1) Minors who have reached the age of 15 days but have
14    not reached the age of 6 months may be permitted to remain
15    at the place of employment for a maximum of 2 hours. The
16    2-hour period shall consist of not more than 20 minutes of
17    work.
18        (2) Minors who have reached the age of 6 months but who
19    have not attained the age of 2 years may be permitted at
20    the place of employment for a maximum of 4 hours. The
21    4-hour period shall consist of not more than 2 hours of
22    work with the balance of the 4-hour period being rest and
23    recreation.
24        (3) Minors who have reached the age of 2 years but who
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1    the place of employment for a maximum of 6 hours. The
2    6-hour period shall consist of not more than 3 hours of
3    work with the balance of the 6-hour period being rest,
4    recreation, and education.
5        (4) Minors who have reached the age of 6 years but have
6    not attained the age of 9 years may be permitted at the
7    place of employment for a maximum of 8 hours. The 8-hour
8    period shall consist of not more than 4 hours of work and
9    at least 3 hours of schooling when the minor's school is in
10    session. The studio teacher shall ensure that the minor
11    receives up to one hour of rest and recreation. On days
12    when the minor's school is not in session, working hours
13    may be a maximum of 6 hours and one hour of rest and
14    recreation.
15        (5) Minors who have reached the age of 9 years but who
16    have not attained the age of 16 years may be permitted at
17    the place of employment for a maximum of 9 hours. The
18    9-hour period shall consist of not more than 5 hours of
19    work and at least 3 hours of schooling when the minor's
20    school is in session. The studio teacher shall ensure that
21    the minor receives at least one hour of rest and
22    recreation. On days when the minor's school is not in
23    session, working hours may be a maximum of 7 hours and one
24    hour of rest and recreation.
25    (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Act, an
26employer who employs a minor under 16 years of age in a

 

 

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1television, motion picture, or related entertainment
2production may allow the minor to work until 10 p.m. without
3seeking a waiver from the Department. An employer may apply to
4the Director, or the Director's authorized representative, for
5a waiver permitting a minor to work outside of the hours
6allowed by this Act.
7        (1) A waiver request for a minor to work between 10
8    p.m. and 12:30 a.m. or between 5 a.m. and 7 a.m. shall be
9    granted if the Director, or the Director's authorized
10    representative, is satisfied that all of the following
11    conditions are met:
12            (A) the employment shall not be detrimental to the
13        health or welfare of the minor;
14            (B) the minor shall be supervised adequately;
15            (C) the education of the minor shall not be
16        neglected; and
17            (D) the total number of hours to be worked that day
18        and week is not over the limits established in this Act
19        or any rules adopted under this Act.
20        (2) A waiver request for a minor to work between 12:30
21    a.m. and 5 a.m. shall be granted if the Director, or the
22    Director's authorized representative, is satisfied that
23    all of the following conditions are met:
24            (A) the employment shall not be detrimental to the
25        health or welfare of the minor;
26            (B) the minor shall be supervised adequately;

 

 

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1            (C) the education of the minor shall not be
2        jeopardized;
3            (D) performance by the minor during that time is
4        critical to the success of the production, as
5        demonstrated by true and accurate statements by the
6        employer that filming cannot be completed at any other
7        time of day;
8            (E) the filming primarily requires exterior
9        footage of sunset, nighttime, or dawn;
10            (F) the filming is scheduled on the most optimal
11        day of the week for the minor's schooling;
12            (G) the employer provides a schedule to the
13        Department of schooling and rest periods on the day
14        before, the day of, and the day after the overnight
15        hours to be worked;
16            (H) the age of the minor is taken into account as
17        provided by this Act or any rules adopted under this
18        Act;
19            (I) the total number of hours to be worked that day
20        and week is not over the limits established in this Act
21        or any rules adopted under this Act; and
22            (J) the waiver request was received by the
23        Department at least 72 hours prior to the overnight
24        hours to be worked.
25    (d) An employer applying for the waiver shall submit to
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1completed application on the form that the Director provides.
2The waiver shall contain signatures that show the consent of a
3parent or legal guardian of the minor, the employer, and an
4authorized representative of a collective bargaining unit if a
5collective bargaining unit represents the minor upon
6employment.
 
7    Section 55. Employment certificates.
8    (a) Any employer who employs, allows, or permits a minor
9to work shall ensure that the minor holds a valid employment
10certificate issued by a school issuing officer.
11    (b) An application for an employment certificate must be
12submitted by the minor and the minor's parent or legal
13guardian to the minor's school issuing officer as follows.
14        (1) The application shall be signed by the applicant's
15    parent or legal guardian.
16        (2) The application shall be submitted in person by
17    the minor desiring employment, unless the school issuing
18    officer determines that the minor may utilize a remote
19    application process.
20        (3) The minor shall be accompanied by his or her
21    parent, guardian, or custodian, whether applying in person
22    or remotely.
23        (4) The following papers shall be submitted with the
24    application:
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1        the prospective employer, or by someone duly
2        authorized by the prospective employer, setting forth
3        the specific nature of the occupation in which the
4        prospective employer intends to employ the minor and
5        the exact hours of the day and number of hours per day
6        and days per week during which the minor shall be
7        employed.
8            (B) Evidence of age showing that the minor is of
9        the age required by this Act, which evidence shall be
10        documentary, and shall be required in the order
11        designated, as follows:
12                (i) a birth certificate; or
13                (ii) if a birth certificate is unavailable,
14            the parent or legal guardian may present other
15            reliable proof of the minor's identity and age
16            that is supported by a sworn statement explaining
17            why the birth certificate is not available. Other
18            reliable proof of the minor's identity and age
19            includes a passport, visa, or other governmental
20            documentation of the minor's identity. If the
21            student was not born in the United States, the
22            school issuing officer must accept birth
23            certificates or other reliable proof from a
24            foreign government.
25            (C) A statement on a form approved by the
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1        showing the minor's name, address, grade last
2        completed, the hours the minor's school is in session,
3        and other relevant information, as determined by the
4        school issuing officer, about the minor's school
5        schedule, and the names of the minor's parent or legal
6        guardian. If any of the information required to be on
7        the work permit changes, the issuing officer must
8        update the work permit and provide an updated copy to
9        the Department, the minor's employer, and the minor's
10        parent or legal guardian. If the minor does not have a
11        permanent home address or is otherwise eligible for
12        services under the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless
13        Assistance Act, the lack of a birth certificate or
14        permanent home address alone shall not be a barrier to
15        receiving an employment certificate.
16            (D) A statement of physical fitness signed by a
17        health care professional who has examined the minor,
18        certifying that the minor is physically fit to be
19        employed in all legal occupations or to be employed in
20        legal occupations under limitations specified, or, at
21        the discretion of the school issuing officer, the
22        minor's most recent school physical. If the statement
23        of physical fitness is limited, the employment
24        certificate issued thereon shall state clearly the
25        limitations upon its use, and shall be valid only when
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1        where the health care professional deems it advisable
2        that he or she may issue a certificate of physical
3        fitness for a specified period of time, at the
4        expiration of which the person for whom it was issued
5        shall appear and be re-examined before being permitted
6        to continue work. Examinations shall be made in
7        accordance with the standards and procedures
8        prescribed by the Director, in consultation with the
9        Director of the Department of Public Health and the
10        State Superintendent of Education, and shall be
11        recorded on a form furnished by the Department. When
12        made by public health or public school physicians, the
13        examination shall be made without charge to the minor.
14        If a public health or public school health care
15        professional is not available, a statement from a
16        private health care professional who has examined the
17        minor may be accepted, provided that the examination
18        is made in accordance with the standards and
19        procedures established by the Department. For purposes
20        of this paragraph, "health care professional" means a
21        physician licensed to practice medicine in all its
22        branches, a licensed advanced practice registered
23        nurse, or a licensed physician assistant.
24        (5) The school issuing officer shall have authority to
25    verify the representations provided in the employment
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1    school issuing officer shall not charge a fee for the
2    consideration of an employment certificate application.
3        (6) It shall be the duty of the school board or local
4    school authority to designate a place or places where
5    certificates shall be issued and recorded, and physical
6    examinations made without fee, and to establish and
7    maintain the necessary records and clerical services for
8    carrying out the provisions of this Act.
9    (c) Upon receipt of an application for an employment
10certificate, a school issuing officer shall issue an
11employment certificate only after examining and approving the
12written application and other papers required under this
13Section, and determining that the employment shall not be
14detrimental to the minor's health, welfare, and education. The
15school issuing officer shall consider any report of death,
16injury, or illness of a minor at that workplace, received
17under the requirements of Section 35, in the prior 2 years in
18determining whether the employment shall be detrimental to the
19minor's health, welfare, and education. Upon issuing an
20employment certificate to a minor, the school issuing officer
21shall notify the principal of the school attended by the
22minor, and provide copies to the Department, the minor's
23employer, and the minor's parent or legal guardian. The
24employment certificate shall be valid for a period of one year
25from the date of issuance, unless suspended or revoked.
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1certificate to a minor, the school issuing officer shall send
2to the principal of the school attended by the minor a notice
3of the refusal, including the name and address of the minor and
4of the minor's parent or legal guardian, and the reason for the
5refusal to issue the certificate.
6    (e) If a minor from another state seeks to obtain an
7Illinois employment certificate, the Department shall work
8with the State Superintendent of Education, or his or her duly
9authorized agents, to issue the certificate if the State
10Superintendent of Education deems that all requirements for
11issuance have been met.
12    (f) Upon request, the school issuing officer shall issue a
13certificate of age to any person between 16 and 20 years of age
14upon presentation of the same proof of age as is required for
15the issuance of employment certificates under this Act.
16    (g) Any certificate duly issued in accordance with this
17Act shall be prima facie evidence of the age of the minor for
18whom issued in any proceeding involving the employment of the
19minor under this Act, as to any act occurring subsequent to its
20issuance, or until revoked.
21    (h) The Department may suspend any certificate as an
22emergency action imperatively required for the health, safety,
23welfare, or education of the minor if:
24        (1) the parent or legal guardian of a minor, the
25    school issuing officer, or the principal of the school
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1    has been issued has asked for the revocation of the
2    certificate by petition to the Department in writing,
3    stating the reasons he or she believes that the employment
4    is interfering with the health, safety, welfare, or
5    education of the minor; or
6        (2) in the judgment of the Director, the employment
7    certificate was improperly issued or if the minor is
8    illegally employed.
9    If the certificate is suspended, the Department shall
10notify the employer of the minor, the parent or guardian of the
11minor, the minor's school principal, and the school issuing
12officer of the suspension in writing and shall schedule an
13administrative hearing to take place within 21 days after the
14date of any suspension. The minor shall not thereafter be
15employed, allowed, or permitted to work unless and until his
16or her employment certificate has been reinstated. After the
17hearing, an administrative law judge shall issue a final order
18either reinstating or revoking the employment certificate. If
19the certificate is revoked, the employer shall not thereafter
20employ, permit, or allow the minor to work until the minor has
21obtained a new employment certificate authorizing the minor's
22employment by that employer.
 
23    Section 57. Prohibition on retaliation.
24    (a) An employer, or agent or officer of an employer,
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1or in any other manner discriminates against, any person
2because that person has:
3        (1) exercised a right under this Act;
4        (2) made a complaint to the minor's employer or to the
5    Director, or the Director's authorized representative;
6        (3) caused to be instituted or is about to cause to be
7    instituted any proceeding under or related to this Act;
8        (4) participated in or cooperated with an
9    investigation or proceeding under this Act; or
10        (5) testified or is about to testify in an
11    investigation or proceeding under this Act.
12    (b) An employer, or agent or officer of an employer, does
13not violate this Act if he or she discharges a minor from
14employment because the employment was found to be unlawful or
15the Department suspended or revoked the minor's employment
16certificate.
 
17    Section 60. Department powers.
18    (a) The Department shall make, adopt, and enforce
19reasonable rules relating to the administration and
20enforcement of the provisions of this Act, including the
21issuance of employment certificates authorized under this Act,
22as may be deemed expedient. The rules shall be designed to
23protect the health, safety, welfare, and education of minors
24and to ensure that the conditions under which minors are
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1health, welfare, development, or education.
2    (b) In order to promote uniformity and efficiency of
3issuance, the Department shall, in consultation with the State
4Superintendent of Education, formulate the forms on which
5certificates shall be issued and also forms needed in
6connection with the issuance, and it shall supply the forms to
7the school issuing officers.
 
8    Section 65. Investigation.
9    (a) It shall be the duty of the Department to enforce the
10provisions of this Act. The Department shall have the power to
11conduct investigations in connection with the administration
12and enforcement of this Act and the authorized officers and
13employees of the Department are hereby authorized and
14empowered, to visit and inspect, at all reasonable times and
15as often as possible, all places covered by this Act.
16    (b) The Director, or the Director's authorized
17representative, may compel by subpoena, the attendance and
18testimony of witnesses and the production of books, payrolls,
19records, papers, and other evidence in any investigation or
20hearing and may administer oaths to witnesses.
21    (c) No employer may interfere with or obstruct an
22investigation conducted under this Act.
 
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1with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act if, upon
2investigation, the Department finds cause to believe the Act,
3or any rules adopted thereunder, has been violated; or to
4consider whether to reinstate or revoke a minor's employment
5certificate in accordance with Section 55.
6    (b) After the hearing, if supported by the evidence, the
7Department may issue and cause to be served on any party an
8order to cease and desist from violation of the Act, take
9further affirmative or other action as deemed reasonable to
10eliminate the effect of the violation, and may revoke any
11certificate issued under the Act and determine the amount of
12any civil penalty allowed by the Act. The Department may serve
13orders by certified mail or by sending a copy by email to an
14email address previously designated by the party for purposes
15of receiving notice under this Act. An email address provided
16by the party in the course of the administrative proceeding
17shall not be used in any subsequent proceedings, unless the
18party designates that email address for the subsequent
19proceeding.
20    (c) Any party to a proceeding under the Act may apply for
21and obtain judicial review of an order of the Department
22entered under this Act in accordance with the provisions of
23the Administrative Review Law, and the Department in
24proceedings under this Section may obtain an order of court
25for the enforcement of its order.
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1valid order of the Department issued under this Act, the
2Director may commence an action and obtain from the court an
3order upon the employer commanding them to obey the order of
4the Department or be adjudged guilty of contempt of court and
5punished accordingly.
 
6    Section 75. Civil penalties.
7    (a) Any person employing, allowing, or permitting a minor
8to work who violates any of the provisions of this Act or any
9rule adopted under the Act shall be subject to civil penalties
10as follows:
11        (1) if a minor dies while working for an employer who
12    is found by the Department to have been employing,
13    allowing, or permitting the minor to work in violation of
14    this Act, the employer is subject to a penalty not to
15    exceed $60,000, payable to the Department;
16        (2) if a minor receives an illness or an injury that is
17    required to be reported to the Department under Section 35
18    while working for an employer who is found by the
19    Department to have been employing, allowing, or permitting
20    the minor to work in violation of this Act, the employer is
21    subject to a penalty not to exceed $30,000, payable to the
22    Department;
23        (3) an employer who employs, allows, or permits a
24    minor to work in violation of Section 40 shall be subject
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1    Department;
2        (4) an employer who fails to post or provide the
3    required notice under subsection (g) of Section 35 shall
4    be subject to a penalty not to exceed $500, payable to the
5    Department; and
6        (5) an employer who commits any other violation of
7    this Act shall be subject to a penalty not to exceed
8    $10,000, payable to the Department.
9    In determining the amount of the penalty, the
10appropriateness of the penalty to the size of the business of
11the employer charged and the gravity of the violation shall be
12considered.
13    Each day during which any violation of this Act continues
14shall constitute a separate and distinct offense, and the
15employment of any minor in violation of the Act shall, with
16respect to each minor so employed, constitute a separate and
17distinct offense.
18    (b) Any administrative determination by the Department of
19the amount of each penalty shall be final unless reviewed as
20provided in Section 70.
21    (c) The amount of the penalty, when finally determined,
22may be recovered in a civil action brought by the Director in
23any circuit court, in which litigation the Director shall be
24represented by the Attorney General. In an action brought by
25the Department, the Department may request, and the Court may
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1up to an amount equal to the penalties assessed by the
2Department to be distributed to an impacted minor. In an
3action concerning multiple minors, any such penalty imposed by
4the Court shall be distributed equally among the minors
5employed in violation of this Act by the defendant employer.
6    (d) Penalties recovered under this Section shall be paid
7by certified check, money order, or by an electronic payment
8system designated by the Department, and deposited into the
9Child Labor and Day and Temporary Labor Services Enforcement
10Fund, a special fund in the State treasury. Moneys in the Fund
11shall be used, subject to appropriation, for exemplary
12programs, demonstration projects, and other activities or
13purposes related to the enforcement of this Act or for the
14activities or purposes related to the enforcement of the Day
15and Temporary Labor Services Act, or for the activities or
16purposes related to the enforcement of the Private Employment
17Agency Act.
 
18    Section 80. Criminal penalties.
19    (a) Any person who engages in any of the following
20activities shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and shall
21be subject to a civil penalty of no less than $500 and no more
22than $2,500:
23        (1) employs, allows, or permits any minor to work in
24    violation of this Act, or of any rule, order, or ruling
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1        (2) obstructs the Department, its inspectors or
2    deputies, or any other person authorized to inspect places
3    of employment under this Act; or
4        (3) willfully fails to comply with the provisions of
5    this Act.
6    (b) Whenever in the opinion of the Department a violation
7of this Act has occurred, it shall report the violation to the
8Attorney General who shall prosecute all violations reported.
9    (c) The amount of the penalty, when finally determined,
10shall be ordered by the court, in an action brought for a
11criminal violation, to be paid to the Department.
12    (d) Penalties recovered under this Section shall be paid
13into the Child Labor and Day and Temporary Labor Services
14Enforcement Fund.
 
15    Section 85. Department reporting and outreach.
16    (a) The Department shall maintain a toll-free telephone
17number to facilitate information requests concerning the
18issuance of certificates under this Act and the reporting of
19violations of this Act.
20    (b) The Department shall conduct ongoing outreach and
21education efforts concerning this Act targeted toward school
22districts, employers, and other appropriate community
23organizations. The Department shall, to the extent possible,
24coordinate these outreach and education activities with other
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1    (c) The Department shall file with the General Assembly,
2no later than January 1 each year, a report of its activities
3regarding administration and enforcement of this Act for the
4preceding fiscal year.
 
5    Section 90. Child performers; trust fund.
6    (a) As used in this Section:
7    "Artistic or creative services" includes, but is not
8limited to, services as: an actor, actress, dancer, musician,
9comedian, singer, stunt person, voice-over artist, runway or
10print model, other performer or entertainer, songwriter,
11musical producer, arranger, writer, director, producer,
12production executive, choreographer, composer, conductor, or
13designer.
14    "Child performer" means an unemancipated person under the
15age of 16 who is employed in this State and who agrees to
16render artistic or creative services.
17    (b) In addition to the requirements of Section 55, the
18person authorized to issue employment certificates must
19determine that a trust account, established by the child
20performer's parent or guardian, that meets the requirements of
21subsection (c) has been established designating the minor as
22the beneficiary of the trust account before an employment
23certificate for work as a child performer may be issued for a
24minor under the age of 16 years. The person authorized to issue
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1certificate having a duration of not more than 15 days without
2the establishment of a trust fund to permit a minor to provide
3artistic or creative services. No more than one temporary
4employment certificate may be issued for each child performer.
5The Department shall prescribe the form in which temporary
6employment certificates shall be issued and shall make the
7forms available on its website.
8    (c) A trust account subject to this Section must provide,
9at a minimum, the following:
10        (1) that at least 15% of the gross earnings of the
11    child performer shall be deposited into the account;
12        (2) that the funds in the account shall be available
13    only to the child performer;
14        (3) that the account shall be held by a bank,
15    corporate fiduciary, or trust company, as those terms are
16    defined in the Corporate Fiduciary Act;
17        (4) that the funds in the account shall become
18    available to the child performer upon the child performer
19    attaining the age of 18 years or upon the child performer
20    being declared emancipated; and
21        (5) that the account meets the requirements of the
22    Illinois Uniform Transfers to Minors Act.
23    (d) The parent or guardian of the child performer shall
24provide the employer with the information necessary to
25transfer moneys into the trust account. Once the child
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1account, the child performer's employer shall have no further
2obligation or duty to monitor or account for the money. The
3trustee or trustees of the trust shall be the only individual,
4individuals, entity, or entities with the obligation or duty
5to monitor and account for money once it has been deposited by
6the child performer's employer.
7    (e) If the parent or guardian of the child performer fails
8to provide the employer with the information necessary to
9transfer funds into the trust account within 30 days after an
10employment certificate has been issued, the funds that were to
11be transferred to the trust account shall be transferred to
12the Office of the State Treasurer in accordance with Section
1315-608 of the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
14    (f) This Section does not apply to an employer of a child
15performer employed to perform services as an extra, services
16as a background performer, or services in a similar capacity.
17    (g) The Department may adopt rules to implement this
18Section.
 
19    Section 95. Minors featured in vlogs.
20    (a) A minor under the age of 16 is considered engaged in
21the work of vlogging when the following criteria are met at any
22time during the previous 12-month period:
23        (1) at least 30% of the vlogger's compensated video
24    content produced within a 30-day period included the
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1    percentage is measured by the percentage of time the
2    likeness, name, or photograph of the minor visually
3    appears or is the subject of an oral narrative in a video
4    segment, as compared to the total length of the segment;
5    and
6        (2) the number of views received per video segment on
7    any online platform met the online platform's threshold
8    for the generation of compensation or the vlogger received
9    actual compensation for video content equal to or greater
10    than $0.10 per view.
11    (b) With the exception of Section 100, the provisions of
12this Act do not apply to a minor engaged in the work of
13vlogging.
14    (c) All vloggers whose content features a minor under the
15age of 16 engaged in the work of vlogging shall maintain the
16following records and shall provide them to the minor on an
17ongoing basis:
18        (1) the name and documentary proof of the age of the
19    minor engaged in the work of vlogging;
20        (2) the number of vlogs that generated compensation as
21    described in subsection (a) during the reporting period;
22        (3) the total number of minutes of the vlogs that the
23    vlogger received compensation for during the reporting
24    period;
25        (4) the total number of minutes each minor was
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1        (5) the total compensation generated from vlogs
2    featuring a minor during the reporting period; and
3        (6) the amount deposited into the trust account for
4    the benefit of the minor engaged in the work of vlogging,
5    as required by Section 100.
6    (d) If a vlogger whose vlog content features minors under
7the age of 16 engaged in the work of vlogging fails to maintain
8the records as provided in subsection (c), the minor may
9commence a civil action to enforce the provisions of this
10Section.
 
11    Section 100. Minor engaged in the work of vlogging; trust
12fund.
13    (a) A minor satisfying the criteria described in
14subsection (a) of Section 95 must be compensated by the
15vlogger. The vlogger must set aside gross earnings on the
16video content, including the likeness, name, or photograph of
17the minor in a trust account to be preserved for the benefit of
18the minor upon reaching the age of majority, according to the
19following distribution:
20        (1) where only one minor meets the content threshold
21    described in Section 95, the percentage of total gross
22    earnings on any video segment, including the likeness,
23    name, or photograph of the minor that is equal to or
24    greater than half of the content percentage that includes
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1        (2) where more than one minor meets the content
2    threshold described in Section 95 and a video segment
3    includes more than one of those minors, the percentage
4    described in paragraph (1) for all minors in any segment
5    must be equally divided between the minors, regardless of
6    differences in percentage of content provided by the
7    individual minors.
8    (b) A trust account required under this Section must
9provide, at a minimum, the following:
10        (1) that the funds in the account shall be available
11    only to the minor engaged in the work of vlogging;
12        (2) that the account shall be held by a bank,
13    corporate fiduciary, or trust company, as those terms are
14    defined in the Corporate Fiduciary Act;
15        (3) that the funds in the account shall become
16    available to the minor engaged in the work of vlogging
17    upon the minor attaining the age of 18 years or upon the
18    minor being declared emancipated; and
19        (4) that the account meets the requirements of the
20    Illinois Uniform Transfers to Minors Act.
21    (c) If a vlogger knowingly or recklessly violates this
22Section, a minor satisfying the criteria described in
23subsection (a) of Section 95 may commence an action to enforce
24the provisions of this Section regarding the trust account.
25The court may award, to a minor who prevails in any action
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1damages:
2        (1) actual damages;
3        (2) punitive damages; and
4        (3) the costs of the action, including attorney's fees
5    and litigation costs.
6    (d) This Section does not affect a right or remedy
7available under any other law of the State.
8    (e) Nothing in this Section shall be interpreted to have
9any effect on a party that is neither the vlogger nor the minor
10engaged in the work of vlogging.
 
11    Section 105. No limitations on other laws. Nothing in this
12Act shall limit another State agency's authority to enforce
13violations of any other State law.
 
14    Section 110. Severability. If any part of this Act is
15decided to be unconstitutional and void, the decision shall
16not affect the validity of the remaining parts of this Act
17unless the part held void is indispensable to the operation of
18the remaining parts.
 
19    Section 115. Procedural changes from prior law. In
20accordance with Section 4 of the Statute on Statutes, any
21procedural change as compared to prior law effected by the
22repeal of the Child Labor Law and the enactment of this Act
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1compared to prior law effected by the repeal of the Child Labor
2Law and the enactment of this Act shall be applied
3prospectively only. Any changes to the remedies available to
4redress a legal violation are procedural in nature.
 
5    (820 ILCS 205/Act rep.)
6    Section 900. The Child Labor Law is repealed.
 
7    Section 905. The School Code is amended by changing
8Section 26-1 as follows:
 
9    (105 ILCS 5/26-1)  (from Ch. 122, par. 26-1)
10    Sec. 26-1. Compulsory school age; exemptions. Whoever has
11custody or control of any child (i) between the ages of 7 and
1217 years (unless the child has already graduated from high
13school) for school years before the 2014-2015 school year or
14(ii) between the ages of 6 (on or before September 1) and 17
15years (unless the child has already graduated from high
16school) beginning with the 2014-2015 school year shall cause
17such child to attend some public school in the district
18wherein the child resides the entire time it is in session
19during the regular school term, except as provided in Section
2010-19.1, and during a required summer school program
21established under Section 10-22.33B; provided, that the
22following children shall not be required to attend the public
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1        1. Any child attending a private or a parochial school
2    where children are taught the branches of education taught
3    to children of corresponding age and grade in the public
4    schools, and where the instruction of the child in the
5    branches of education is in the English language;
6        2. Any child who is physically or mentally unable to
7    attend school, such disability being certified to the
8    county or district truant officer by a competent physician
9    licensed in Illinois to practice medicine and surgery in
10    all its branches, a chiropractic physician licensed under
11    the Medical Practice Act of 1987, a licensed advanced
12    practice registered nurse, a licensed physician assistant,
13    or a Christian Science practitioner residing in this State
14    and listed in the Christian Science Journal; or who is
15    excused for temporary absence for cause by the principal
16    or teacher of the school which the child attends, with
17    absence for cause by illness being required to include the
18    mental or behavioral health of the child for up to 5 days
19    for which the child need not provide a medical note, in
20    which case the child shall be given the opportunity to
21    make up any school work missed during the mental or
22    behavioral health absence and, after the second mental
23    health day used, may be referred to the appropriate school
24    support personnel; the exemptions in this paragraph (2) do
25    not apply to any female who is pregnant or the mother of
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1    attend school due to a complication arising from her
2    pregnancy and the existence of such complication is
3    certified to the county or district truant officer by a
4    competent physician;
5        3. Any child necessarily and lawfully employed
6    according to the provisions of the Child Labor Law of 2024
7    law regulating child labor may be excused from attendance
8    at school by the county superintendent of schools or the
9    superintendent of the public school which the child should
10    be attending, on certification of the facts by and the
11    recommendation of the school board of the public school
12    district in which the child resides. In districts having
13    part-time continuation schools, children so excused shall
14    attend such schools at least 8 hours each week;
15        4. Any child over 12 and under 14 years of age while in
16    attendance at confirmation classes;
17        5. Any child absent from a public school on a
18    particular day or days or at a particular time of day for
19    the reason that he is unable to attend classes or to
20    participate in any examination, study, or work
21    requirements on a particular day or days or at a
22    particular time of day because of religious reasons,
23    including the observance of a religious holiday or
24    participation in religious instruction, or because the
25    tenets of his religion forbid secular activity on a
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1    school board may require the parent or guardian of a child
2    who is to be excused from attending school because of
3    religious reasons to give notice, not exceeding 5 days, of
4    the child's absence to the school principal or other
5    school personnel. Any child excused from attending school
6    under this paragraph 5 shall not be required to submit a
7    written excuse for such absence after returning to school.
8    A district superintendent shall develop and distribute to
9    schools appropriate procedures regarding a student's
10    absence for religious reasons, how schools are notified of
11    a student's impending absence for religious reasons, and
12    the requirements of Section 26-2b of this Code;
13        6. Any child 16 years of age or older who (i) submits
14    to a school district evidence of necessary and lawful
15    employment pursuant to paragraph 3 of this Section and
16    (ii) is enrolled in a graduation incentives program
17    pursuant to Section 26-16 of this Code or an alternative
18    learning opportunities program established pursuant to
19    Article 13B of this Code;
20        7. A child in any of grades 6 through 12 absent from a
21    public school on a particular day or days or at a
22    particular time of day for the purpose of sounding "Taps"
23    at a military honors funeral held in this State for a
24    deceased veteran. In order to be excused under this
25    paragraph 7, the student shall notify the school's
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1    absence and shall provide the school's administration with
2    the date, time, and location of the military honors
3    funeral. The school's administration may waive this 2-day
4    notification requirement if the student did not receive at
5    least 2 days advance notice, but the student shall notify
6    the school's administration as soon as possible of the
7    absence. A student whose absence is excused under this
8    paragraph 7 shall be counted as if the student attended
9    school for purposes of calculating the average daily
10    attendance of students in the school district. A student
11    whose absence is excused under this paragraph 7 must be
12    allowed a reasonable time to make up school work missed
13    during the absence. If the student satisfactorily
14    completes the school work, the day of absence shall be
15    counted as a day of compulsory attendance and he or she may
16    not be penalized for that absence; and
17        8. Any child absent from a public school on a
18    particular day or days or at a particular time of day for
19    the reason that his or her parent or legal guardian is an
20    active duty member of the uniformed services and has been
21    called to duty for, is on leave from, or has immediately
22    returned from deployment to a combat zone or
23    combat-support postings. Such a student shall be granted 5
24    days of excused absences in any school year and, at the
25    discretion of the school board, additional excused
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1    relative to such leave or deployment of the parent or
2    legal guardian. In the case of excused absences pursuant
3    to this paragraph 8, the student and parent or legal
4    guardian shall be responsible for obtaining assignments
5    from the student's teacher prior to any period of excused
6    absence and for ensuring that such assignments are
7    completed by the student prior to his or her return to
8    school from such period of excused absence.
9    Any child from a public middle school or high school,
10subject to guidelines established by the State Board of
11Education, shall be permitted by a school board one school
12day-long excused absence per school year for the child who is
13absent from school to engage in a civic event. The school board
14may require that the student provide reasonable advance notice
15of the intended absence to the appropriate school
16administrator and require that the student provide
17documentation of participation in a civic event to the
18appropriate school administrator.
19(Source: P.A. 102-266, eff. 1-1-22; 102-321, eff. 1-1-22;
20102-406, eff. 8-19-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-981, eff.
211-1-23.)
 
22    Section 910. The Child Care Act of 1969 is amended by
23changing Section 2.17 as follows:
 
24    (225 ILCS 10/2.17)  (from Ch. 23, par. 2212.17)

 

 

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1    Sec. 2.17. "Foster family home" means the home of an
2individual or family:
3    (1) that is licensed or approved by the state in which it
4is situated as a foster family home that meets the standards
5established for the licensing or approval; and
6    (2) in which a child in foster care has been placed in the
7care of an individual who resides with the child and who has
8been licensed or approved by the state to be a foster parent
9and:
10        (A) who the Department of Children and Family Services
11    deems capable of adhering to the reasonable and prudent
12    parent standard;
13        (B) who provides 24-hour substitute care for children
14    placed away from their parents or other caretakers; and
15    (3) who provides the care for no more than 6 children,
16except the Director of Children and Family Services, pursuant
17to Department regulations, may waive the numerical limitation
18of foster children who may be cared for in a foster family home
19for any of the following reasons to allow: (i) a parenting
20youth in foster care to remain with the child of the parenting
21youth; (ii) siblings to remain together; (iii) a child with an
22established meaningful relationship with the family to remain
23with the family; or (iv) a family with special training or
24skills to provide care to a child who has a severe disability.
25The family's or relative's own children, under 18 years of
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1children served.
2    For purposes of this Section, a "relative" includes any
3person, 21 years of age or over, other than the parent, who (i)
4is currently related to the child in any of the following ways
5by blood or adoption: grandparent, sibling, great-grandparent,
6uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, first cousin, great-uncle, or
7great-aunt; or (ii) is the spouse of such a relative; or (iii)
8is a child's step-father, step-mother, or adult step-brother
9or step-sister; or (iv) is a fictive kin; "relative" also
10includes a person related in any of the foregoing ways to a
11sibling of a child, even though the person is not related to
12the child, when the child and its sibling are placed together
13with that person. For purposes of placement of children
14pursuant to Section 7 of the Children and Family Services Act
15and for purposes of licensing requirements set forth in
16Section 4 of this Act, for children under the custody or
17guardianship of the Department pursuant to the Juvenile Court
18Act of 1987, after a parent signs a consent, surrender, or
19waiver or after a parent's rights are otherwise terminated,
20and while the child remains in the custody or guardianship of
21the Department, the child is considered to be related to those
22to whom the child was related under this Section prior to the
23signing of the consent, surrender, or waiver or the order of
24termination of parental rights.
25    The term "foster family home" includes homes receiving
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1or from any agency established by a municipality or other
2political subdivision of the State of Illinois authorized to
3provide care for children outside their own homes. The term
4"foster family home" does not include an "adoption-only home"
5as defined in Section 2.23 of this Act. The types of foster
6family homes are defined as follows:
7        (a) "Boarding home" means a foster family home which
8    receives payment for regular full-time care of a child or
9    children.
10        (b) "Free home" means a foster family home other than
11    an adoptive home which does not receive payments for the
12    care of a child or children.
13        (c) "Adoptive home" means a foster family home which
14    receives a child or children for the purpose of adopting
15    the child or children, but does not include an
16    adoption-only home.
17        (d) "Work-wage home" means a foster family home which
18    receives a child or children who pay part or all of their
19    board by rendering some services to the family not
20    prohibited by the Child Labor Law of 2024 or by standards
21    or regulations of the Department prescribed under this
22    Act. The child or children may receive a wage in
23    connection with the services rendered the foster family.
24        (e) "Agency-supervised home" means a foster family
25    home under the direct and regular supervision of a
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1    Children and Family Services, of a circuit court, or of
2    any other State agency which has authority to place
3    children in child care facilities, and which receives no
4    more than 8 children, unless of common parentage, who are
5    placed and are regularly supervised by one of the
6    specified agencies.
7        (f) "Independent home" means a foster family home,
8    other than an adoptive home, which receives no more than 4
9    children, unless of common parentage, directly from
10    parents, or other legally responsible persons, by
11    independent arrangement and which is not subject to direct
12    and regular supervision of a specified agency except as
13    such supervision pertains to licensing by the Department.
14        (g) "Host home" means an emergency foster family home
15    under the direction and regular supervision of a licensed
16    child welfare agency, contracted to provide short-term
17    crisis intervention services to youth served under the
18    Comprehensive Community-Based Youth Services program,
19    under the direction of the Department of Human Services.
20    The youth shall not be under the custody or guardianship
21    of the Department pursuant to the Juvenile Court Act of
22    1987.
23(Source: P.A. 102-688, eff. 7-1-22; 103-564, eff. 11-17-23.)
 
24    Section 915. The Private Employment Agency Act is amended
25by changing Sections 10 and 12.6 as follows:
 

 

 

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1    (225 ILCS 515/10)  (from Ch. 111, par. 910)
2    Sec. 10. Licensee prohibitions. No licensee shall send or
3cause to be sent any female help or servants, inmate, or
4performer to enter any questionable place, or place of bad
5repute, house of ill-fame, or assignation house, or to any
6house or place of amusement kept for immoral purposes, or
7place resorted to for the purpose of prostitution or gambling
8house, the character of which licensee knows either actually
9or by reputation.
10    No licensee shall permit questionable characters,
11prostitutes, gamblers, intoxicated persons, or procurers to
12frequent the agency.
13    No licensee shall accept any application for employment
14made by or on behalf of any child, or shall place or assist in
15placing any such child in any employment whatever, in
16violation of the Child Labor Law of 2024. A violation of any
17provision of this Section shall be a Class A misdemeanor.
18    No licensee shall publish or cause to be published any
19fraudulent or misleading notice or advertisement of its
20employment agencies by means of cards, circulars, or signs, or
21in newspapers or other publications; and all letterheads,
22receipts, and blanks shall contain the full name and address
23of the employment agency and licensee shall state in all
24notices and advertisements the fact that licensee is, or
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1    No licensee shall print, publish, or paint on any sign or
2window, or insert in any newspaper or publication, a name
3similar to that of the Illinois Public Employment Office.
4    No licensee shall print or stamp on any receipt or on any
5contract used by that agency any part of this Act, unless the
6entire Section from which that part is taken is printed or
7stamped thereon.
8    All written communications sent out by any licensee,
9directly or indirectly, to any person or firm with regard to
10employees or employment shall contain therein definite
11information that such person is a private employment agency.
12    No licensee or his or her employees shall knowingly give
13any false or misleading information, or make any false or
14misleading promise to any applicant who shall apply for
15employment or employees.
16(Source: P.A. 90-372, eff. 7-1-98.)
 
17    (225 ILCS 515/12.6)
18    Sec. 12.6. Child Labor and Day and Temporary Labor
19Services Enforcement Fund. All moneys received as fees and
20penalties under this Act shall be deposited into the Child
21Labor and Day and Temporary Labor Services Enforcement Fund
22and may be used for the purposes set forth in Section 75 17.3
23of the Child Labor Law of 2024.
24(Source: P.A. 99-422, eff. 1-1-16.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 920. The Day and Temporary Labor Services Act is
2amended by changing Section 67 as follows:
 
3    (820 ILCS 175/67)
4    Sec. 67. Action for civil penalties brought by an
5interested party.
6    (a) Upon a reasonable belief that a day and temporary
7labor service agency or a third party client covered by this
8Act is in violation of any part of this Act, an interested
9party may initiate a civil action in the county where the
10alleged offenses occurred or where any party to the action
11resides, asserting that a violation of the Act has occurred,
12pursuant to the following sequence of events:
13        (1) The interested party submits to the Department of
14    Labor a complaint describing the violation and naming the
15    day or temporary labor service agency or third party
16    client alleged to have violated this Act.
17        (2) The Department sends notice of complaint to the
18    named parties alleged to have violated this Act and the
19    interested party. The named parties may either contest the
20    alleged violation or cure the alleged violation.
21        (3) The named parties contest or cure the alleged
22    violation within 30 days after the receipt of the notice
23    of complaint or, if the named party does not respond
24    within 30 days, the Department issues a notice of right to
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1        (4) The Department issues a notice of right to sue to
2    the interested party, if one or more of the following has
3    occurred:
4            (i) the named party has cured the alleged
5        violation to the satisfaction of the Director;
6            (ii) the Director has determined that the
7        allegation is unjustified or that the Department does
8        not have jurisdiction over the matter or the parties;
9        or
10            (iii) the Director has determined that the
11        allegation is justified or has not made a
12        determination, and either has decided not to exercise
13        jurisdiction over the matter or has concluded
14        administrative enforcement of the matter.
15    (b) If within 180 days after service of the notice of
16complaint to the parties, the Department has not (i) resolved
17the contest and cure period, (ii) with the mutual agreement of
18the parties, extended the time for the named party to cure the
19violation and resolve the complaint, or (iii) issued a right
20to sue letter, the interested party may initiate a civil
21action for penalties. The parties may extend the 180-day
22period by mutual agreement. The limitations period for the
23interested party to bring an action for the alleged violation
24of the Act shall be tolled for the 180-day period and for the
25period of any mutually agreed extensions. At the end of the
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1Department shall issue a right to sue letter to the interested
2party.
3    (c) Any claim or action filed under this Section must be
4made within 3 years of the alleged conduct resulting in the
5complaint plus any period for which the limitations period has
6been tolled.
7    (d) In an action brought pursuant to this Section, an
8interested party may recover against the covered entity any
9statutory penalties set forth in Section 70 and injunctive
10relief. An interested party who prevails in a civil action
11shall receive 10% of any statutory penalties assessed, plus
12any attorneys' fees and expenses in bringing the action. The
13remaining 90% of any statutory penalties assessed shall be
14deposited into the Child Labor and Day and Temporary Labor
15Services Enforcement Fund and shall be used exclusively for
16the purposes set forth in Section 75 17.3 of the Child Labor
17Law of 2024.
18(Source: P.A. 103-437, eff. 8-4-23.)
 
19    Section 925. The Workers' Compensation Act is amended by
20changing Sections 7 and 8 as follows:
 
21    (820 ILCS 305/7)  (from Ch. 48, par. 138.7)
22    Sec. 7. The amount of compensation which shall be paid for
23an accidental injury to the employee resulting in death is:
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1child or children, the applicable weekly compensation rate
2computed in accordance with subparagraph 2 of paragraph (b) of
3Section 8, shall be payable during the life of the widow or
4widower and if any surviving child or children shall not be
5physically or mentally incapacitated then until the death of
6the widow or widower or until the youngest child shall reach
7the age of 18, whichever shall come later; provided that if
8such child or children shall be enrolled as a full time student
9in any accredited educational institution, the payments shall
10continue until such child has attained the age of 25. In the
11event any surviving child or children shall be physically or
12mentally incapacitated, the payments shall continue for the
13duration of such incapacity.
14    The term "child" means a child whom the deceased employee
15left surviving, including a posthumous child, a child legally
16adopted, a child whom the deceased employee was legally
17obligated to support or a child to whom the deceased employee
18stood in loco parentis. The term "children" means the plural
19of "child".
20    The term "physically or mentally incapacitated child or
21children" means a child or children incapable of engaging in
22regular and substantial gainful employment.
23    In the event of the remarriage of a widow or widower, where
24the decedent did not leave surviving any child or children
25who, at the time of such remarriage, are entitled to
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1shall be paid a lump sum equal to 2 years compensation benefits
2and all further rights of such widow or widower shall be
3extinguished.
4    If the employee leaves surviving any child or children
5under 18 years of age who at the time of death shall be
6entitled to compensation under this paragraph (a) of this
7Section, the weekly compensation payments herein provided for
8such child or children shall in any event continue for a period
9of not less than 6 years.
10    Any beneficiary entitled to compensation under this
11paragraph (a) of this Section shall receive from the special
12fund provided in paragraph (f) of this Section, in addition to
13the compensation herein provided, supplemental benefits in
14accordance with paragraph (g) of Section 8.
15    (b) If no compensation is payable under paragraph (a) of
16this Section and the employee leaves surviving a parent or
17parents who at the time of the accident were totally dependent
18upon the earnings of the employee then weekly payments equal
19to the compensation rate payable in the case where the
20employee leaves surviving a widow or widower, shall be paid to
21such parent or parents for the duration of their lives, and in
22the event of the death of either, for the life of the survivor.
23    (c) If no compensation is payable under paragraphs (a) or
24(b) of this Section and the employee leaves surviving any
25child or children who are not entitled to compensation under
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1were nevertheless in any manner dependent upon the earnings of
2the employee, or leaves surviving a parent or parents who at
3the time of the accident were partially dependent upon the
4earnings of the employee, then there shall be paid to such
5dependent or dependents for a period of 8 years weekly
6compensation payments at such proportion of the applicable
7rate if the employee had left surviving a widow or widower as
8such dependency bears to total dependency. In the event of the
9death of any such beneficiary the share of such beneficiary
10shall be divided equally among the surviving beneficiaries and
11in the event of the death of the last such beneficiary all the
12rights under this paragraph shall be extinguished.
13    (d) If no compensation is payable under paragraphs (a),
14(b) or (c) of this Section and the employee leaves surviving
15any grandparent, grandparents, grandchild or grandchildren or
16collateral heirs dependent upon the employee's earnings to the
17extent of 50% or more of total dependency, then there shall be
18paid to such dependent or dependents for a period of 5 years
19weekly compensation payments at such proportion of the
20applicable rate if the employee had left surviving a widow or
21widower as such dependency bears to total dependency. In the
22event of the death of any such beneficiary the share of such
23beneficiary shall be divided equally among the surviving
24beneficiaries and in the event of the death of the last such
25beneficiary all rights hereunder shall be extinguished.
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1which results in death, as provided in this Section, shall be
2paid to the persons who form the basis for determining the
3amount of compensation to be paid by the employer, the
4respective shares to be in the proportion of their respective
5dependency at the time of the accident on the earnings of the
6deceased. The Commission or an Arbitrator thereof may, in its
7or his discretion, order or award the payment to the parent or
8grandparent of a child for the latter's support the amount of
9compensation which but for such order or award would have been
10paid to such child as its share of the compensation payable,
11which order or award may be modified from time to time by the
12Commission in its discretion with respect to the person to
13whom shall be paid the amount of the order or award remaining
14unpaid at the time of the modification.
15    The payments of compensation by the employer in accordance
16with the order or award of the Commission discharges such
17employer from all further obligation as to such compensation.
18    (f) The sum of $8,000 for burial expenses shall be paid by
19the employer to the widow or widower, other dependent, next of
20kin or to the person or persons incurring the expense of
21burial.
22    In the event the employer failed to provide necessary
23first aid, medical, surgical or hospital service, he shall pay
24the cost thereof to the person or persons entitled to
25compensation under paragraphs (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this
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1therefore, or providing the same.
2    On January 15 and July 15, 1981, and on January 15 and July
315 of each year thereafter the employer shall within 60 days
4pay a sum equal to 1/8 of 1% of all compensation payments made
5by him after July 1, 1980, either under this Act or the
6Workers' Occupational Diseases Act, whether by lump sum
7settlement or weekly compensation payments, but not including
8hospital, surgical or rehabilitation payments, made during the
9first 6 months and during the second 6 months respectively of
10the fiscal year next preceding the date of the payments, into a
11special fund which shall be designated the "Second Injury
12Fund", of which the State Treasurer is ex-officio custodian,
13such special fund to be held and disbursed for the purposes
14hereinafter stated in paragraphs (f) and (g) of Section 8,
15either upon the order of the Commission or of a competent
16court. Said special fund shall be deposited the same as are
17State funds and any interest accruing thereon shall be added
18thereto every 6 months. It is subject to audit the same as
19State funds and accounts and is protected by the General bond
20given by the State Treasurer. It is considered always
21appropriated for the purposes of disbursements as provided in
22Section 8, paragraph (f), of this Act, and shall be paid out
23and disbursed as therein provided and shall not at any time be
24appropriated or diverted to any other use or purpose.
25    On January 15, 1991, the employer shall further pay a sum
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1him from January 1, 1990 through June 30, 1990 either under
2this Act or under the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act,
3whether by lump sum settlement or weekly compensation
4payments, but not including hospital, surgical or
5rehabilitation payments, into an additional Special Fund which
6shall be designated as the "Rate Adjustment Fund". On March
715, 1991, the employer shall pay into the Rate Adjustment Fund
8a sum equal to one half of 1% of all such compensation payments
9made from July 1, 1990 through December 31, 1990. Within 60
10days after July 15, 1991, the employer shall pay into the Rate
11Adjustment Fund a sum equal to one half of 1% of all such
12compensation payments made from January 1, 1991 through June
1330, 1991. Within 60 days after January 15 of 1992 and each
14subsequent year through 1996, the employer shall pay into the
15Rate Adjustment Fund a sum equal to one half of 1% of all such
16compensation payments made in the last 6 months of the
17preceding calendar year. Within 60 days after July 15 of 1992
18and each subsequent year through 1995, the employer shall pay
19into the Rate Adjustment Fund a sum equal to one half of 1% of
20all such compensation payments made in the first 6 months of
21the same calendar year. Within 60 days after January 15 of 1997
22and each subsequent year through 2005, the employer shall pay
23into the Rate Adjustment Fund a sum equal to three-fourths of
241% of all such compensation payments made in the last 6 months
25of the preceding calendar year. Within 60 days after July 15 of
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1pay into the Rate Adjustment Fund a sum equal to three-fourths
2of 1% of all such compensation payments made in the first 6
3months of the same calendar year. Within 60 days after July 15
4of 2005, the employer shall pay into the Rate Adjustment Fund a
5sum equal to 1% of such compensation payments made in the first
66 months of the same calendar year. Within 60 days after
7January 15 of 2006 and each subsequent year, the employer
8shall pay into the Rate Adjustment Fund a sum equal to 1.25% of
9such compensation payments made in the last 6 months of the
10preceding calendar year. Within 60 days after July 15 of 2006
11and each subsequent year, the employer shall pay into the Rate
12Adjustment Fund a sum equal to 1.25% of such compensation
13payments made in the first 6 months of the same calendar year.
14The administrative costs of collecting assessments from
15employers for the Rate Adjustment Fund shall be paid from the
16Rate Adjustment Fund. The cost of an actuarial audit of the
17Fund shall be paid from the Rate Adjustment Fund. The State
18Treasurer is ex officio custodian of such Special Fund and the
19same shall be held and disbursed for the purposes hereinafter
20stated in paragraphs (f) and (g) of Section 8 upon the order of
21the Commission or of a competent court. The Rate Adjustment
22Fund shall be deposited the same as are State funds and any
23interest accruing thereon shall be added thereto every 6
24months. It shall be subject to audit the same as State funds
25and accounts and shall be protected by the general bond given
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1for the purposes of disbursements as provided in paragraphs
2(f) and (g) of Section 8 of this Act and shall be paid out and
3disbursed as therein provided and shall not at any time be
4appropriated or diverted to any other use or purpose. Within 5
5days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1990,
6the Comptroller and the State Treasurer shall transfer
7$1,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Rate
8Adjustment Fund. By February 15, 1991, the Comptroller and the
9State Treasurer shall transfer $1,000,000 from the Rate
10Adjustment Fund to the General Revenue Fund. The Comptroller
11and Treasurer are authorized to make transfers at the request
12of the Chairman up to a total of $19,000,000 from the Second
13Injury Fund, the General Revenue Fund, and the Workers'
14Compensation Benefit Trust Fund to the Rate Adjustment Fund to
15the extent that there is insufficient money in the Rate
16Adjustment Fund to pay claims and obligations. Amounts may be
17transferred from the General Revenue Fund only if the funds in
18the Second Injury Fund or the Workers' Compensation Benefit
19Trust Fund are insufficient to pay claims and obligations of
20the Rate Adjustment Fund. All amounts transferred from the
21Second Injury Fund, the General Revenue Fund, and the Workers'
22Compensation Benefit Trust Fund shall be repaid from the Rate
23Adjustment Fund within 270 days of a transfer, together with
24interest at the rate earned by moneys on deposit in the Fund or
25Funds from which the moneys were transferred.
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1and hearing, that any employer has willfully and knowingly
2failed to pay the proper amounts into the Second Injury Fund or
3the Rate Adjustment Fund required by this Section or if such
4payments are not made within the time periods prescribed by
5this Section, the employer shall, in addition to such
6payments, pay a penalty of 20% of the amount required to be
7paid or $2,500, whichever is greater, for each year or part
8thereof of such failure to pay. This penalty shall only apply
9to obligations of an employer to the Second Injury Fund or the
10Rate Adjustment Fund accruing after the effective date of this
11amendatory Act of 1989. All or part of such a penalty may be
12waived by the Commission for good cause shown.
13    Any obligations of an employer to the Second Injury Fund
14and Rate Adjustment Fund accruing prior to the effective date
15of this amendatory Act of 1989 shall be paid in full by such
16employer within 5 years of the effective date of this
17amendatory Act of 1989, with at least one-fifth of such
18obligation to be paid during each year following the effective
19date of this amendatory Act of 1989. If the Commission finds,
20following reasonable notice and hearing, that an employer has
21failed to make timely payment of any obligation accruing under
22the preceding sentence, the employer shall, in addition to all
23other payments required by this Section, be liable for a
24penalty equal to 20% of the overdue obligation or $2,500,
25whichever is greater, for each year or part thereof that
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1waived by the Commission for good cause shown.
2    The Chairman of the Illinois Workers' Compensation
3Commission shall, annually, furnish to the Director of the
4Department of Insurance a list of the amounts paid into the
5Second Injury Fund and the Rate Adjustment Fund by each
6insurance company on behalf of their insured employers. The
7Director shall verify to the Chairman that the amounts paid by
8each insurance company are accurate as best as the Director
9can determine from the records available to the Director. The
10Chairman shall verify that the amounts paid by each
11self-insurer are accurate as best as the Chairman can
12determine from records available to the Chairman. The Chairman
13may require each self-insurer to provide information
14concerning the total compensation payments made upon which
15contributions to the Second Injury Fund and the Rate
16Adjustment Fund are predicated and any additional information
17establishing that such payments have been made into these
18funds. Any deficiencies in payments noted by the Director or
19Chairman shall be subject to the penalty provisions of this
20Act.
21    The State Treasurer, or his duly authorized
22representative, shall be named as a party to all proceedings
23in all cases involving claim for the loss of, or the permanent
24and complete loss of the use of one eye, one foot, one leg, one
25arm or one hand.
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1have the same rights as any other party to the proceeding,
2including the right to petition for review of any award. The
3reasonable expenses of litigation, such as medical
4examinations, testimony, and transcript of evidence, incurred
5by the State Treasurer or his duly authorized representative,
6shall be borne by the Second Injury Fund.
7    If the award is not paid within 30 days after the date the
8award has become final, the Commission shall proceed to take
9judgment thereon in its own name as is provided for other
10awards by paragraph (g) of Section 19 of this Act and take the
11necessary steps to collect the award.
12    Any person, corporation or organization who has paid or
13become liable for the payment of burial expenses of the
14deceased employee may in his or its own name institute
15proceedings before the Commission for the collection thereof.
16    For the purpose of administration, receipts and
17disbursements, the Special Fund provided for in paragraph (f)
18of this Section shall be administered jointly with the Special
19Fund provided for in Section 7, paragraph (f) of the Workers'
20Occupational Diseases Act.
21    (g) All compensation, except for burial expenses provided
22in this Section to be paid in case accident results in death,
23shall be paid in installments equal to the percentage of the
24average earnings as provided for in Section 8, paragraph (b)
25of this Act, at the same intervals at which the wages or
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1then the installments shall be paid weekly. Such compensation
2may be paid in a lump sum upon petition as provided in Section
39 of this Act. However, in addition to the benefits provided by
4Section 9 of this Act where compensation for death is payable
5to the deceased's widow, widower or to the deceased's widow,
6widower and one or more children, and where a partial lump sum
7is applied for by such beneficiary or beneficiaries within 18
8months after the deceased's death, the Commission may, in its
9discretion, grant a partial lump sum of not to exceed 100 weeks
10of the compensation capitalized at their present value upon
11the basis of interest calculated at 3% per annum with annual
12rests, upon a showing that such partial lump sum is for the
13best interest of such beneficiary or beneficiaries.
14    (h) In case the injured employee is under 16 years of age
15at the time of the accident and is illegally employed, the
16amount of compensation payable under paragraphs (a), (b), (c),
17(d) and (f) of this Section shall be increased 50%.
18    Nothing herein contained repeals or amends the provisions
19of the Child Labor Law of 2024 relating to the employment of
20minors under the age of 16 years.
21    However, where an employer has on file an employment
22certificate issued pursuant to the Child Labor Law of 2024 or
23work permit issued pursuant to the Federal Fair Labor
24Standards Act, as amended, or a birth certificate properly and
25duly issued, such certificate, permit or birth certificate is
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1employee for the purposes of this Section only.
2    (i) Whenever the dependents of a deceased employee are
3noncitizens not residing in the United States, Mexico or
4Canada, the amount of compensation payable is limited to the
5beneficiaries described in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this
6Section and is 50% of the compensation provided in paragraphs
7(a), (b) and (c) of this Section, except as otherwise provided
8by treaty.
9    In a case where any of the persons who would be entitled to
10compensation is living at any place outside of the United
11States, then payment shall be made to the personal
12representative of the deceased employee. The distribution by
13such personal representative to the persons entitled shall be
14made to such persons and in such manner as the Commission
15orders.
16(Source: P.A. 102-1030, eff. 5-27-22.)
 
17    (820 ILCS 305/8)  (from Ch. 48, par. 138.8)
18    Sec. 8. The amount of compensation which shall be paid to
19the employee for an accidental injury not resulting in death
20is:
21    (a) The employer shall provide and pay the negotiated
22rate, if applicable, or the lesser of the health care
23provider's actual charges or according to a fee schedule,
24subject to Section 8.2, in effect at the time the service was
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1services, and all necessary medical, surgical and hospital
2services thereafter incurred, limited, however, to that which
3is reasonably required to cure or relieve from the effects of
4the accidental injury, even if a health care provider sells,
5transfers, or otherwise assigns an account receivable for
6procedures, treatments, or services covered under this Act. If
7the employer does not dispute payment of first aid, medical,
8surgical, and hospital services, the employer shall make such
9payment to the provider on behalf of the employee. The
10employer shall also pay for treatment, instruction and
11training necessary for the physical, mental and vocational
12rehabilitation of the employee, including all maintenance
13costs and expenses incidental thereto. If as a result of the
14injury the employee is unable to be self-sufficient the
15employer shall further pay for such maintenance or
16institutional care as shall be required.
17    The employee may at any time elect to secure his own
18physician, surgeon and hospital services at the employer's
19expense, or,
20    Upon agreement between the employer and the employees, or
21the employees' exclusive representative, and subject to the
22approval of the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission, the
23employer shall maintain a list of physicians, to be known as a
24Panel of Physicians, who are accessible to the employees. The
25employer shall post this list in a place or places easily
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1to make an alternative choice of physician from such Panel if
2he is not satisfied with the physician first selected. If, due
3to the nature of the injury or its occurrence away from the
4employer's place of business, the employee is unable to make a
5selection from the Panel, the selection process from the Panel
6shall not apply. The physician selected from the Panel may
7arrange for any consultation, referral or other specialized
8medical services outside the Panel at the employer's expense.
9Provided that, in the event the Commission shall find that a
10doctor selected by the employee is rendering improper or
11inadequate care, the Commission may order the employee to
12select another doctor certified or qualified in the medical
13field for which treatment is required. If the employee refuses
14to make such change the Commission may relieve the employer of
15his obligation to pay the doctor's charges from the date of
16refusal to the date of compliance.
17    Any vocational rehabilitation counselors who provide
18service under this Act shall have appropriate certifications
19which designate the counselor as qualified to render opinions
20relating to vocational rehabilitation. Vocational
21rehabilitation may include, but is not limited to, counseling
22for job searches, supervising a job search program, and
23vocational retraining including education at an accredited
24learning institution. The employee or employer may petition to
25the Commission to decide disputes relating to vocational
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1dispute, including payment of the vocational rehabilitation
2program by the employer.
3    The maintenance benefit shall not be less than the
4temporary total disability rate determined for the employee.
5In addition, maintenance shall include costs and expenses
6incidental to the vocational rehabilitation program.
7    When the employee is working light duty on a part-time
8basis or full-time basis and earns less than he or she would be
9earning if employed in the full capacity of the job or jobs,
10then the employee shall be entitled to temporary partial
11disability benefits. Temporary partial disability benefits
12shall be equal to two-thirds of the difference between the
13average amount that the employee would be able to earn in the
14full performance of his or her duties in the occupation in
15which he or she was engaged at the time of accident and the
16gross amount which he or she is earning in the modified job
17provided to the employee by the employer or in any other job
18that the employee is working.
19    Every hospital, physician, surgeon or other person
20rendering treatment or services in accordance with the
21provisions of this Section shall upon written request furnish
22full and complete reports thereof to, and permit their records
23to be copied by, the employer, the employee or his dependents,
24as the case may be, or any other party to any proceeding for
25compensation before the Commission, or their attorneys.
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1pay for such medical services selected by the employee shall
2be limited to:
3        (1) all first aid and emergency treatment; plus
4        (2) all medical, surgical and hospital services
5    provided by the physician, surgeon or hospital initially
6    chosen by the employee or by any other physician,
7    consultant, expert, institution or other provider of
8    services recommended by said initial service provider or
9    any subsequent provider of medical services in the chain
10    of referrals from said initial service provider; plus
11        (3) all medical, surgical and hospital services
12    provided by any second physician, surgeon or hospital
13    subsequently chosen by the employee or by any other
14    physician, consultant, expert, institution or other
15    provider of services recommended by said second service
16    provider or any subsequent provider of medical services in
17    the chain of referrals from said second service provider.
18    Thereafter the employer shall select and pay for all
19    necessary medical, surgical and hospital treatment and the
20    employee may not select a provider of medical services at
21    the employer's expense unless the employer agrees to such
22    selection. At any time the employee may obtain any medical
23    treatment he desires at his own expense. This paragraph
24    shall not affect the duty to pay for rehabilitation
25    referred to above.
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1    on or after June 28, 2011 (the effective date of Public Act
2    97-18) and only when an employer has an approved preferred
3    provider program pursuant to Section 8.1a on the date the
4    employee sustained his or her accidental injuries:
5            (A) The employer shall, in writing, on a form
6        promulgated by the Commission, inform the employee of
7        the preferred provider program;
8            (B) Subsequent to the report of an injury by an
9        employee, the employee may choose in writing at any
10        time to decline the preferred provider program, in
11        which case that would constitute one of the two
12        choices of medical providers to which the employee is
13        entitled under subsection (a)(2) or (a)(3); and
14            (C) Prior to the report of an injury by an
15        employee, when an employee chooses non-emergency
16        treatment from a provider not within the preferred
17        provider program, that would constitute the employee's
18        one choice of medical providers to which the employee
19        is entitled under subsection (a)(2) or (a)(3).
20    When an employer and employee so agree in writing, nothing
21in this Act prevents an employee whose injury or disability
22has been established under this Act, from relying in good
23faith, on treatment by prayer or spiritual means alone, in
24accordance with the tenets and practice of a recognized church
25or religious denomination, by a duly accredited practitioner
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1without suffering loss or diminution of the compensation
2benefits under this Act. However, the employee shall submit to
3all physical examinations required by this Act. The cost of
4such treatment and nursing care shall be paid by the employee
5unless the employer agrees to make such payment.
6    Where the accidental injury results in the amputation of
7an arm, hand, leg or foot, or the enucleation of an eye, or the
8loss of any of the natural teeth, the employer shall furnish an
9artificial of any such members lost or damaged in accidental
10injury arising out of and in the course of employment, and
11shall also furnish the necessary braces in all proper and
12necessary cases. In cases of the loss of a member or members by
13amputation, the employer shall, whenever necessary, maintain
14in good repair, refit or replace the artificial limbs during
15the lifetime of the employee. Where the accidental injury
16accompanied by physical injury results in damage to a denture,
17eye glasses or contact eye lenses, or where the accidental
18injury results in damage to an artificial member, the employer
19shall replace or repair such denture, glasses, lenses, or
20artificial member.
21    The furnishing by the employer of any such services or
22appliances is not an admission of liability on the part of the
23employer to pay compensation.
24    The furnishing of any such services or appliances or the
25servicing thereof by the employer is not the payment of
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1    (b) If the period of temporary total incapacity for work
2lasts more than 3 working days, weekly compensation as
3hereinafter provided shall be paid beginning on the 4th day of
4such temporary total incapacity and continuing as long as the
5total temporary incapacity lasts. In cases where the temporary
6total incapacity for work continues for a period of 14 days or
7more from the day of the accident compensation shall commence
8on the day after the accident.
9        1. The compensation rate for temporary total
10    incapacity under this paragraph (b) of this Section shall
11    be equal to 66 2/3% of the employee's average weekly wage
12    computed in accordance with Section 10, provided that it
13    shall be not less than 66 2/3% of the sum of the Federal
14    minimum wage under the Fair Labor Standards Act, or the
15    Illinois minimum wage under the Minimum Wage Law,
16    whichever is more, multiplied by 40 hours. This percentage
17    rate shall be increased by 10% for each spouse and child,
18    not to exceed 100% of the total minimum wage calculation,
19    nor exceed the employee's average weekly wage computed in
20    accordance with the provisions of Section 10, whichever is
21    less.
22        2. The compensation rate in all cases other than for
23    temporary total disability under this paragraph (b), and
24    other than for serious and permanent disfigurement under
25    paragraph (c) and other than for permanent partial
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1    under paragraph (e), of this Section shall be equal to 66
2    2/3% of the employee's average weekly wage computed in
3    accordance with the provisions of Section 10, provided
4    that it shall be not less than 66 2/3% of the sum of the
5    Federal minimum wage under the Fair Labor Standards Act,
6    or the Illinois minimum wage under the Minimum Wage Law,
7    whichever is more, multiplied by 40 hours. This percentage
8    rate shall be increased by 10% for each spouse and child,
9    not to exceed 100% of the total minimum wage calculation,
10    nor exceed the employee's average weekly wage computed in
11    accordance with the provisions of Section 10, whichever is
12    less.
13        2.1. The compensation rate in all cases of serious and
14    permanent disfigurement under paragraph (c) and of
15    permanent partial disability under subparagraph (2) of
16    paragraph (d) or under paragraph (e) of this Section shall
17    be equal to 60% of the employee's average weekly wage
18    computed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10,
19    provided that it shall be not less than 66 2/3% of the sum
20    of the Federal minimum wage under the Fair Labor Standards
21    Act, or the Illinois minimum wage under the Minimum Wage
22    Law, whichever is more, multiplied by 40 hours. This
23    percentage rate shall be increased by 10% for each spouse
24    and child, not to exceed 100% of the total minimum wage
25    calculation, nor exceed the employee's average weekly wage
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1    whichever is less.
2        3. As used in this Section the term "child" means a
3    child of the employee including any child legally adopted
4    before the accident or whom at the time of the accident the
5    employee was under legal obligation to support or to whom
6    the employee stood in loco parentis, and who at the time of
7    the accident was under 18 years of age and not
8    emancipated. The term "children" means the plural of
9    "child".
10        4. All weekly compensation rates provided under
11    subparagraphs 1, 2 and 2.1 of this paragraph (b) of this
12    Section shall be subject to the following limitations:
13        The maximum weekly compensation rate from July 1,
14    1975, except as hereinafter provided, shall be 100% of the
15    State's average weekly wage in covered industries under
16    the Unemployment Insurance Act, that being the wage that
17    most closely approximates the State's average weekly wage.
18        The maximum weekly compensation rate, for the period
19    July 1, 1984, through June 30, 1987, except as hereinafter
20    provided, shall be $293.61. Effective July 1, 1987 and on
21    July 1 of each year thereafter the maximum weekly
22    compensation rate, except as hereinafter provided, shall
23    be determined as follows: if during the preceding 12 month
24    period there shall have been an increase in the State's
25    average weekly wage in covered industries under the
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1    shall be proportionately increased by the same percentage
2    as the percentage of increase in the State's average
3    weekly wage in covered industries under the Unemployment
4    Insurance Act during such period.
5        The maximum weekly compensation rate, for the period
6    January 1, 1981 through December 31, 1983, except as
7    hereinafter provided, shall be 100% of the State's average
8    weekly wage in covered industries under the Unemployment
9    Insurance Act in effect on January 1, 1981. Effective
10    January 1, 1984 and on January 1, of each year thereafter
11    the maximum weekly compensation rate, except as
12    hereinafter provided, shall be determined as follows: if
13    during the preceding 12 month period there shall have been
14    an increase in the State's average weekly wage in covered
15    industries under the Unemployment Insurance Act, the
16    weekly compensation rate shall be proportionately
17    increased by the same percentage as the percentage of
18    increase in the State's average weekly wage in covered
19    industries under the Unemployment Insurance Act during
20    such period.
21        From July 1, 1977 and thereafter such maximum weekly
22    compensation rate in death cases under Section 7, and
23    permanent total disability cases under paragraph (f) or
24    subparagraph 18 of paragraph (3) of this Section and for
25    temporary total disability under paragraph (b) of this
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1    an eye under paragraph (e) of this Section shall be
2    increased to 133-1/3% of the State's average weekly wage
3    in covered industries under the Unemployment Insurance
4    Act.
5        For injuries occurring on or after February 1, 2006,
6    the maximum weekly benefit under paragraph (d)1 of this
7    Section shall be 100% of the State's average weekly wage
8    in covered industries under the Unemployment Insurance
9    Act.
10        4.1. Any provision herein to the contrary
11    notwithstanding, the weekly compensation rate for
12    compensation payments under subparagraph 18 of paragraph
13    (e) of this Section and under paragraph (f) of this
14    Section and under paragraph (a) of Section 7 and for
15    amputation of a member or enucleation of an eye under
16    paragraph (e) of this Section, shall in no event be less
17    than 50% of the State's average weekly wage in covered
18    industries under the Unemployment Insurance Act.
19        4.2. Any provision to the contrary notwithstanding,
20    the total compensation payable under Section 7 shall not
21    exceed the greater of $500,000 or 25 years.
22        5. For the purpose of this Section this State's
23    average weekly wage in covered industries under the
24    Unemployment Insurance Act on July 1, 1975 is hereby fixed
25    at $228.16 per week and the computation of compensation
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1    until modified as hereinafter provided.
2        6. The Department of Employment Security of the State
3    shall on or before the first day of December, 1977, and on
4    or before the first day of June, 1978, and on the first day
5    of each December and June of each year thereafter, publish
6    the State's average weekly wage in covered industries
7    under the Unemployment Insurance Act and the Illinois
8    Workers' Compensation Commission shall on the 15th day of
9    January, 1978 and on the 15th day of July, 1978 and on the
10    15th day of each January and July of each year thereafter,
11    post and publish the State's average weekly wage in
12    covered industries under the Unemployment Insurance Act as
13    last determined and published by the Department of
14    Employment Security. The amount when so posted and
15    published shall be conclusive and shall be applicable as
16    the basis of computation of compensation rates until the
17    next posting and publication as aforesaid.
18        7. The payment of compensation by an employer or his
19    insurance carrier to an injured employee shall not
20    constitute an admission of the employer's liability to pay
21    compensation.
22    (c) For any serious and permanent disfigurement to the
23hand, head, face, neck, arm, leg below the knee or the chest
24above the axillary line, the employee is entitled to
25compensation for such disfigurement, the amount determined by
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1hearing not less than 6 months after the date of the accidental
2injury, which amount shall not exceed 150 weeks (if the
3accidental injury occurs on or after the effective date of
4this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly but before
5February 1, 2006) or 162 weeks (if the accidental injury
6occurs on or after February 1, 2006) at the applicable rate
7provided in subparagraph 2.1 of paragraph (b) of this Section.
8    No compensation is payable under this paragraph where
9compensation is payable under paragraphs (d), (e) or (f) of
10this Section.
11    A duly appointed member of a fire department in a city, the
12population of which exceeds 500,000 according to the last
13federal or State census, is eligible for compensation under
14this paragraph only where such serious and permanent
15disfigurement results from burns.
16    (d) 1. If, after the accidental injury has been sustained,
17the employee as a result thereof becomes partially
18incapacitated from pursuing his usual and customary line of
19employment, he shall, except in cases compensated under the
20specific schedule set forth in paragraph (e) of this Section,
21receive compensation for the duration of his disability,
22subject to the limitations as to maximum amounts fixed in
23paragraph (b) of this Section, equal to 66-2/3% of the
24difference between the average amount which he would be able
25to earn in the full performance of his duties in the occupation
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1average amount which he is earning or is able to earn in some
2suitable employment or business after the accident. For
3accidental injuries that occur on or after September 1, 2011,
4an award for wage differential under this subsection shall be
5effective only until the employee reaches the age of 67 or 5
6years from the date the award becomes final, whichever is
7later.
8    2. If, as a result of the accident, the employee sustains
9serious and permanent injuries not covered by paragraphs (c)
10and (e) of this Section or having sustained injuries covered
11by the aforesaid paragraphs (c) and (e), he shall have
12sustained in addition thereto other injuries which injuries do
13not incapacitate him from pursuing the duties of his
14employment but which would disable him from pursuing other
15suitable occupations, or which have otherwise resulted in
16physical impairment; or if such injuries partially
17incapacitate him from pursuing the duties of his usual and
18customary line of employment but do not result in an
19impairment of earning capacity, or having resulted in an
20impairment of earning capacity, the employee elects to waive
21his right to recover under the foregoing subparagraph 1 of
22paragraph (d) of this Section then in any of the foregoing
23events, he shall receive in addition to compensation for
24temporary total disability under paragraph (b) of this
25Section, compensation at the rate provided in subparagraph 2.1
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1weeks that the partial disability resulting from the injuries
2covered by this paragraph bears to total disability. If the
3employee shall have sustained a fracture of one or more
4vertebra or fracture of the skull, the amount of compensation
5allowed under this Section shall be not less than 6 weeks for a
6fractured skull and 6 weeks for each fractured vertebra, and
7in the event the employee shall have sustained a fracture of
8any of the following facial bones: nasal, lachrymal, vomer,
9zygoma, maxilla, palatine or mandible, the amount of
10compensation allowed under this Section shall be not less than
112 weeks for each such fractured bone, and for a fracture of
12each transverse process not less than 3 weeks. In the event
13such injuries shall result in the loss of a kidney, spleen or
14lung, the amount of compensation allowed under this Section
15shall be not less than 10 weeks for each such organ.
16Compensation awarded under this subparagraph 2 shall not take
17into consideration injuries covered under paragraphs (c) and
18(e) of this Section and the compensation provided in this
19paragraph shall not affect the employee's right to
20compensation payable under paragraphs (b), (c) and (e) of this
21Section for the disabilities therein covered.
22    (e) For accidental injuries in the following schedule, the
23employee shall receive compensation for the period of
24temporary total incapacity for work resulting from such
25accidental injury, under subparagraph 1 of paragraph (b) of
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1compensation for a further period for the specific loss herein
2mentioned, but shall not receive any compensation under any
3other provisions of this Act. The following listed amounts
4apply to either the loss of or the permanent and complete loss
5of use of the member specified, such compensation for the
6length of time as follows:
7        1. Thumb-
8            70 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
9        after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
10        94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.
11            76 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
12        after February 1, 2006.
13        2. First, or index finger-
14            40 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
15        after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
16        94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.
17            43 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
18        after February 1, 2006.
19        3. Second, or middle finger-
20            35 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
21        after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
22        94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.
23            38 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
24        after February 1, 2006.
25        4. Third, or ring finger-
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1        after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
2        94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.
3            27 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
4        after February 1, 2006.
5        5. Fourth, or little finger-
6            20 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
7        after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
8        94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.
9            22 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
10        after February 1, 2006.
11        6. Great toe-
12            35 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
13        after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
14        94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.
15            38 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
16        after February 1, 2006.
17        7. Each toe other than great toe-
18            12 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
19        after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
20        94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.
21            13 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
22        after February 1, 2006.
23        8. The loss of the first or distal phalanx of the thumb
24    or of any finger or toe shall be considered to be equal to
25    the loss of one-half of such thumb, finger or toe and the
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1    specified. The loss of more than one phalanx shall be
2    considered as the loss of the entire thumb, finger or toe.
3    In no case shall the amount received for more than one
4    finger exceed the amount provided in this schedule for the
5    loss of a hand.
6        9. Hand-
7            190 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
8        after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
9        94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.
10            205 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
11        after February 1, 2006.
12            190 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
13        after June 28, 2011 (the effective date of Public Act
14        97-18) and if the accidental injury involves carpal
15        tunnel syndrome due to repetitive or cumulative
16        trauma, in which case the permanent partial disability
17        shall not exceed 15% loss of use of the hand, except
18        for cause shown by clear and convincing evidence and
19        in which case the award shall not exceed 30% loss of
20        use of the hand.
21        The loss of 2 or more digits, or one or more phalanges
22    of 2 or more digits, of a hand may be compensated on the
23    basis of partial loss of use of a hand, provided, further,
24    that the loss of 4 digits, or the loss of use of 4 digits,
25    in the same hand shall constitute the complete loss of a
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1        10. Arm-
2            235 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
3        after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
4        94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.
5            253 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
6        after February 1, 2006.
7        Where an accidental injury results in the amputation
8    of an arm below the elbow, such injury shall be
9    compensated as a loss of an arm. Where an accidental
10    injury results in the amputation of an arm above the
11    elbow, compensation for an additional 15 weeks (if the
12    accidental injury occurs on or after the effective date of
13    this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly but
14    before February 1, 2006) or an additional 17 weeks (if the
15    accidental injury occurs on or after February 1, 2006)
16    shall be paid, except where the accidental injury results
17    in the amputation of an arm at the shoulder joint, or so
18    close to shoulder joint that an artificial arm cannot be
19    used, or results in the disarticulation of an arm at the
20    shoulder joint, in which case compensation for an
21    additional 65 weeks (if the accidental injury occurs on or
22    after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
23    94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006) or an
24    additional 70 weeks (if the accidental injury occurs on or
25    after February 1, 2006) shall be paid.
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1            155 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
2        after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
3        94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.
4            167 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
5        after February 1, 2006.
6        12. Leg-
7            200 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
8        after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
9        94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.
10            215 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
11        after February 1, 2006.
12        Where an accidental injury results in the amputation
13    of a leg below the knee, such injury shall be compensated
14    as loss of a leg. Where an accidental injury results in the
15    amputation of a leg above the knee, compensation for an
16    additional 25 weeks (if the accidental injury occurs on or
17    after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
18    94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006) or an
19    additional 27 weeks (if the accidental injury occurs on or
20    after February 1, 2006) shall be paid, except where the
21    accidental injury results in the amputation of a leg at
22    the hip joint, or so close to the hip joint that an
23    artificial leg cannot be used, or results in the
24    disarticulation of a leg at the hip joint, in which case
25    compensation for an additional 75 weeks (if the accidental
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1    amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly but before
2    February 1, 2006) or an additional 81 weeks (if the
3    accidental injury occurs on or after February 1, 2006)
4    shall be paid.
5        13. Eye-
6            150 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
7        after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
8        94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.
9            162 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
10        after February 1, 2006.
11        Where an accidental injury results in the enucleation
12    of an eye, compensation for an additional 10 weeks (if the
13    accidental injury occurs on or after the effective date of
14    this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly but
15    before February 1, 2006) or an additional 11 weeks (if the
16    accidental injury occurs on or after February 1, 2006)
17    shall be paid.
18        14. Loss of hearing of one ear-
19            50 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
20        after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
21        94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.
22            54 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
23        after February 1, 2006.
24        Total and permanent loss of hearing of both ears-
25            200 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
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1        94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.
2            215 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
3        after February 1, 2006.
4        15. Testicle-
5            50 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
6        after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
7        94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.
8            54 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
9        after February 1, 2006.
10        Both testicles-
11            150 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
12        after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
13        94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.
14            162 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
15        after February 1, 2006.
16        16. For the permanent partial loss of use of a member
17    or sight of an eye, or hearing of an ear, compensation
18    during that proportion of the number of weeks in the
19    foregoing schedule provided for the loss of such member or
20    sight of an eye, or hearing of an ear, which the partial
21    loss of use thereof bears to the total loss of use of such
22    member, or sight of eye, or hearing of an ear.
23            (a) Loss of hearing for compensation purposes
24        shall be confined to the frequencies of 1,000, 2,000
25        and 3,000 cycles per second. Loss of hearing ability
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1        not to be considered as constituting disability for
2        hearing.
3            (b) The percent of hearing loss, for purposes of
4        the determination of compensation claims for
5        occupational deafness, shall be calculated as the
6        average in decibels for the thresholds of hearing for
7        the frequencies of 1,000, 2,000 and 3,000 cycles per
8        second. Pure tone air conduction audiometric
9        instruments, approved by nationally recognized
10        authorities in this field, shall be used for measuring
11        hearing loss. If the losses of hearing average 30
12        decibels or less in the 3 frequencies, such losses of
13        hearing shall not then constitute any compensable
14        hearing disability. If the losses of hearing average
15        85 decibels or more in the 3 frequencies, then the same
16        shall constitute and be total or 100% compensable
17        hearing loss.
18            (c) In measuring hearing impairment, the lowest
19        measured losses in each of the 3 frequencies shall be
20        added together and divided by 3 to determine the
21        average decibel loss. For every decibel of loss
22        exceeding 30 decibels an allowance of 1.82% shall be
23        made up to the maximum of 100% which is reached at 85
24        decibels.
25            (d) If a hearing loss is established to have
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1        employer shall not be liable for the previous loss so
2        established nor shall he be liable for any loss for
3        which compensation has been paid or awarded.
4            (e) No consideration shall be given to the
5        question of whether or not the ability of an employee
6        to understand speech is improved by the use of a
7        hearing aid.
8            (f) No claim for loss of hearing due to industrial
9        noise shall be brought against an employer or allowed
10        unless the employee has been exposed for a period of
11        time sufficient to cause permanent impairment to noise
12        levels in excess of the following:
13Sound Level DBA
14Slow ResponseHours Per Day
15908
16926
17954
18973
191002
201021-1/2
211051
221101/2
231151/4
24        This subparagraph (f) shall not be applied in cases of
25    hearing loss resulting from trauma or explosion.
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1    employee who, before the accident for which he claims
2    compensation, had before that time sustained an injury
3    resulting in the loss by amputation or partial loss by
4    amputation of any member, including hand, arm, thumb or
5    fingers, leg, foot or any toes, such loss or partial loss
6    of any such member shall be deducted from any award made
7    for the subsequent injury. For the permanent loss of use
8    or the permanent partial loss of use of any such member or
9    the partial loss of sight of an eye, for which
10    compensation has been paid, then such loss shall be taken
11    into consideration and deducted from any award for the
12    subsequent injury.
13        18. The specific case of loss of both hands, both
14    arms, or both feet, or both legs, or both eyes, or of any
15    two thereof, or the permanent and complete loss of the use
16    thereof, constitutes total and permanent disability, to be
17    compensated according to the compensation fixed by
18    paragraph (f) of this Section. These specific cases of
19    total and permanent disability do not exclude other cases.
20        Any employee who has previously suffered the loss or
21    permanent and complete loss of the use of any of such
22    members, and in a subsequent independent accident loses
23    another or suffers the permanent and complete loss of the
24    use of any one of such members the employer for whom the
25    injured employee is working at the time of the last
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1    for the loss or permanent and complete loss of the use of
2    the member occasioned by the last independent accident.
3        19. In a case of specific loss and the subsequent
4    death of such injured employee from other causes than such
5    injury leaving a widow, widower, or dependents surviving
6    before payment or payment in full for such injury, then
7    the amount due for such injury is payable to the widow or
8    widower and, if there be no widow or widower, then to such
9    dependents, in the proportion which such dependency bears
10    to total dependency.
11    Beginning July 1, 1980, and every 6 months thereafter, the
12Commission shall examine the Second Injury Fund and when,
13after deducting all advances or loans made to such Fund, the
14amount therein is $500,000 then the amount required to be paid
15by employers pursuant to paragraph (f) of Section 7 shall be
16reduced by one-half. When the Second Injury Fund reaches the
17sum of $600,000 then the payments shall cease entirely.
18However, when the Second Injury Fund has been reduced to
19$400,000, payment of one-half of the amounts required by
20paragraph (f) of Section 7 shall be resumed, in the manner
21herein provided, and when the Second Injury Fund has been
22reduced to $300,000, payment of the full amounts required by
23paragraph (f) of Section 7 shall be resumed, in the manner
24herein provided. The Commission shall make the changes in
25payment effective by general order, and the changes in payment
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1Commission thereafter either by settlement agreement or final
2order, irrespective of the date of the accidental injury.
3    On August 1, 1996 and on February 1 and August 1 of each
4subsequent year, the Commission shall examine the special fund
5designated as the "Rate Adjustment Fund" and when, after
6deducting all advances or loans made to said fund, the amount
7therein is $4,000,000, the amount required to be paid by
8employers pursuant to paragraph (f) of Section 7 shall be
9reduced by one-half. When the Rate Adjustment Fund reaches the
10sum of $5,000,000 the payment therein shall cease entirely.
11However, when said Rate Adjustment Fund has been reduced to
12$3,000,000 the amounts required by paragraph (f) of Section 7
13shall be resumed in the manner herein provided.
14    (f) In case of complete disability, which renders the
15employee wholly and permanently incapable of work, or in the
16specific case of total and permanent disability as provided in
17subparagraph 18 of paragraph (e) of this Section, compensation
18shall be payable at the rate provided in subparagraph 2 of
19paragraph (b) of this Section for life.
20    An employee entitled to benefits under paragraph (f) of
21this Section shall also be entitled to receive from the Rate
22Adjustment Fund provided in paragraph (f) of Section 7 of the
23supplementary benefits provided in paragraph (g) of this
24Section 8.
25    If any employee who receives an award under this paragraph
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1able to earn as much as before the accident, payments under
2such award shall cease. If such employee returns to work, or is
3able to do so, and earns or is able to earn part but not as
4much as before the accident, such award shall be modified so as
5to conform to an award under paragraph (d) of this Section. If
6such award is terminated or reduced under the provisions of
7this paragraph, such employees have the right at any time
8within 30 months after the date of such termination or
9reduction to file petition with the Commission for the purpose
10of determining whether any disability exists as a result of
11the original accidental injury and the extent thereof.
12    Disability as enumerated in subdivision 18, paragraph (e)
13of this Section is considered complete disability.
14    If an employee who had previously incurred loss or the
15permanent and complete loss of use of one member, through the
16loss or the permanent and complete loss of the use of one hand,
17one arm, one foot, one leg, or one eye, incurs permanent and
18complete disability through the loss or the permanent and
19complete loss of the use of another member, he shall receive,
20in addition to the compensation payable by the employer and
21after such payments have ceased, an amount from the Second
22Injury Fund provided for in paragraph (f) of Section 7, which,
23together with the compensation payable from the employer in
24whose employ he was when the last accidental injury was
25incurred, will equal the amount payable for permanent and
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1Section.
2    The custodian of the Second Injury Fund provided for in
3paragraph (f) of Section 7 shall be joined with the employer as
4a party respondent in the application for adjustment of claim.
5The application for adjustment of claim shall state briefly
6and in general terms the approximate time and place and manner
7of the loss of the first member.
8    In its award the Commission or the Arbitrator shall
9specifically find the amount the injured employee shall be
10weekly paid, the number of weeks compensation which shall be
11paid by the employer, the date upon which payments begin out of
12the Second Injury Fund provided for in paragraph (f) of
13Section 7 of this Act, the length of time the weekly payments
14continue, the date upon which the pension payments commence
15and the monthly amount of the payments. The Commission shall
1630 days after the date upon which payments out of the Second
17Injury Fund have begun as provided in the award, and every
18month thereafter, prepare and submit to the State Comptroller
19a voucher for payment for all compensation accrued to that
20date at the rate fixed by the Commission. The State
21Comptroller shall draw a warrant to the injured employee along
22with a receipt to be executed by the injured employee and
23returned to the Commission. The endorsed warrant and receipt
24is a full and complete acquittance to the Commission for the
25payment out of the Second Injury Fund. No other appropriation
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1Fund. The Second Injury Fund is appropriated for the purpose
2of making payments according to the terms of the awards.
3    As of July 1, 1980 to July 1, 1982, all claims against and
4obligations of the Second Injury Fund shall become claims
5against and obligations of the Rate Adjustment Fund to the
6extent there is insufficient money in the Second Injury Fund
7to pay such claims and obligations. In that case, all
8references to "Second Injury Fund" in this Section shall also
9include the Rate Adjustment Fund.
10    (g) Every award for permanent total disability entered by
11the Commission on and after July 1, 1965 under which
12compensation payments shall become due and payable after the
13effective date of this amendatory Act, and every award for
14death benefits or permanent total disability entered by the
15Commission on and after the effective date of this amendatory
16Act shall be subject to annual adjustments as to the amount of
17the compensation rate therein provided. Such adjustments shall
18first be made on July 15, 1977, and all awards made and entered
19prior to July 1, 1975 and on July 15 of each year thereafter.
20In all other cases such adjustment shall be made on July 15 of
21the second year next following the date of the entry of the
22award and shall further be made on July 15 annually
23thereafter. If during the intervening period from the date of
24the entry of the award, or the last periodic adjustment, there
25shall have been an increase in the State's average weekly wage
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1the weekly compensation rate shall be proportionately
2increased by the same percentage as the percentage of increase
3in the State's average weekly wage in covered industries under
4the Unemployment Insurance Act. The increase in the
5compensation rate under this paragraph shall in no event bring
6the total compensation rate to an amount greater than the
7prevailing maximum rate at the time that the annual adjustment
8is made. Such increase shall be paid in the same manner as
9herein provided for payments under the Second Injury Fund to
10the injured employee, or his dependents, as the case may be,
11out of the Rate Adjustment Fund provided in paragraph (f) of
12Section 7 of this Act. Payments shall be made at the same
13intervals as provided in the award or, at the option of the
14Commission, may be made in quarterly payment on the 15th day of
15January, April, July and October of each year. In the event of
16a decrease in such average weekly wage there shall be no change
17in the then existing compensation rate. The within paragraph
18shall not apply to cases where there is disputed liability and
19in which a compromise lump sum settlement between the employer
20and the injured employee, or his dependents, as the case may
21be, has been duly approved by the Illinois Workers'
22Compensation Commission.
23    Provided, that in cases of awards entered by the
24Commission for injuries occurring before July 1, 1975, the
25increases in the compensation rate adjusted under the
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1increases in the State's average weekly wage in covered
2industries under the Unemployment Insurance Act occurring
3after July 1, 1975.
4    For every accident occurring on or after July 20, 2005 but
5before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th
6General Assembly (Senate Bill 1283 of the 94th General
7Assembly), the annual adjustments to the compensation rate in
8awards for death benefits or permanent total disability, as
9provided in this Act, shall be paid by the employer. The
10adjustment shall be made by the employer on July 15 of the
11second year next following the date of the entry of the award
12and shall further be made on July 15 annually thereafter. If
13during the intervening period from the date of the entry of the
14award, or the last periodic adjustment, there shall have been
15an increase in the State's average weekly wage in covered
16industries under the Unemployment Insurance Act, the employer
17shall increase the weekly compensation rate proportionately by
18the same percentage as the percentage of increase in the
19State's average weekly wage in covered industries under the
20Unemployment Insurance Act. The increase in the compensation
21rate under this paragraph shall in no event bring the total
22compensation rate to an amount greater than the prevailing
23maximum rate at the time that the annual adjustment is made. In
24the event of a decrease in such average weekly wage there shall
25be no change in the then existing compensation rate. Such
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1at the same intervals as the payment of compensation in the
2award. This paragraph shall not apply to cases where there is
3disputed liability and in which a compromise lump sum
4settlement between the employer and the injured employee, or
5his or her dependents, as the case may be, has been duly
6approved by the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission.
7    The annual adjustments for every award of death benefits
8or permanent total disability involving accidents occurring
9before July 20, 2005 and accidents occurring on or after the
10effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
11Assembly (Senate Bill 1283 of the 94th General Assembly) shall
12continue to be paid from the Rate Adjustment Fund pursuant to
13this paragraph and Section 7(f) of this Act.
14    (h) In case death occurs from any cause before the total
15compensation to which the employee would have been entitled
16has been paid, then in case the employee leaves any widow,
17widower, child, parent (or any grandchild, grandparent or
18other lineal heir or any collateral heir dependent at the time
19of the accident upon the earnings of the employee to the extent
20of 50% or more of total dependency) such compensation shall be
21paid to the beneficiaries of the deceased employee and
22distributed as provided in paragraph (g) of Section 7.
23    (h-1) In case an injured employee is under legal
24disability at the time when any right or privilege accrues to
25him or her under this Act, a guardian may be appointed pursuant
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1disability, claim and exercise any such right or privilege
2with the same effect as if the employee himself or herself had
3claimed or exercised the right or privilege. No limitations of
4time provided by this Act run so long as the employee who is
5under legal disability is without a conservator or guardian.
6    (i) In case the injured employee is under 16 years of age
7at the time of the accident and is illegally employed, the
8amount of compensation payable under paragraphs (b), (c), (d),
9(e) and (f) of this Section is increased 50%.
10    However, where an employer has on file an employment
11certificate issued pursuant to the Child Labor Law of 2024 or
12work permit issued pursuant to the Federal Fair Labor
13Standards Act, as amended, or a birth certificate properly and
14duly issued, such certificate, permit or birth certificate is
15conclusive evidence as to the age of the injured minor
16employee for the purposes of this Section.
17    Nothing herein contained repeals or amends the provisions
18of the Child Labor Law of 2024 relating to the employment of
19minors under the age of 16 years.
20    (j) 1. In the event the injured employee receives
21benefits, including medical, surgical or hospital benefits
22under any group plan covering non-occupational disabilities
23contributed to wholly or partially by the employer, which
24benefits should not have been payable if any rights of
25recovery existed under this Act, then such amounts so paid to
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1with, and limited to, the provisions of paragraph 2 hereof,
2shall be credited to or against any compensation payment for
3temporary total incapacity for work or any medical, surgical
4or hospital benefits made or to be made under this Act. In such
5event, the period of time for giving notice of accidental
6injury and filing application for adjustment of claim does not
7commence to run until the termination of such payments. This
8paragraph does not apply to payments made under any group plan
9which would have been payable irrespective of an accidental
10injury under this Act. Any employer receiving such credit
11shall keep such employee safe and harmless from any and all
12claims or liabilities that may be made against him by reason of
13having received such payments only to the extent of such
14credit.
15    Any excess benefits paid to or on behalf of a State
16employee by the State Employees' Retirement System under
17Article 14 of the Illinois Pension Code on a death claim or
18disputed disability claim shall be credited against any
19payments made or to be made by the State of Illinois to or on
20behalf of such employee under this Act, except for payments
21for medical expenses which have already been incurred at the
22time of the award. The State of Illinois shall directly
23reimburse the State Employees' Retirement System to the extent
24of such credit.
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1for any benefits or payments received by the employee other
2than compensation payments provided by this Act, and where the
3employee receives payments other than compensation payments,
4whether as full or partial salary, group insurance benefits,
5bonuses, annuities or any other payments, the employer or
6insurance carrier shall receive credit for each such payment
7only to the extent of the compensation that would have been
8payable during the period covered by such payment.
9    3. The extension of time for the filing of an Application
10for Adjustment of Claim as provided in paragraph 1 above shall
11not apply to those cases where the time for such filing had
12expired prior to the date on which payments or benefits
13enumerated herein have been initiated or resumed. Provided
14however that this paragraph 3 shall apply only to cases
15wherein the payments or benefits hereinabove enumerated shall
16be received after July 1, 1969.
17(Source: P.A. 97-18, eff. 6-28-11; 97-268, eff. 8-8-11;
1897-813, eff. 7-13-12.)
 
19    Section 999. Effective date. This Act shall take effect
20January 1, 2025, with the exception of Sections 95 and 100,
21which shall take effect July 1, 2024.".