HB2568enr 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  
  

 


 
HB2568 EnrolledLRB102 15306 JLS 20662 b

1    AN ACT concerning employment.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Public Safety Employee Benefits Act is
5amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
 
6    (820 ILCS 320/3)
7    Sec. 3. Definition. For the purposes of this Act, the term
8"firefighter" includes, without limitation, a licensed
9emergency medical technician (EMT) who is a sworn member of a
10public fire department, a paramedic employed by a unit of
11local government, or an EMT, emergency medical
12technician-intermediate (EMT-I), or advanced emergency medical
13technician (A-EMT) employed by a unit of local government.
14    For the purposes of this Act, the term "health insurance
15plan" is limited to the insurance plan options that are
16codified in the employee's collective bargaining agreement. If
17the collective bargaining agreement is silent on plan options,
18the available plans for the employee shall be negotiated with
19the authorized representative and subject to the grievance
20process.
21(Source: P.A. 100-1132, eff. 11-28-18.)