94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB1507


 
Introduced 02/10/05, by Rep. David R. Leitch - William Delgado - Frank J. Mautino - Elizabeth Coulson - Carolyn H. Krause
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













5 ILCS 350/1
  from Ch. 127, par. 1301








    Amends the State Employee Indemnification Act.  Includes as "employees" for State indemnification purposes certain child welfare agencies providing services for the Department of Children and Family Services.  Effective immediately.
















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    AN ACT concerning government.

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


 
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    Section 5. The State Employee Indemnification Act is 
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amended  by changing Section 1 as follows:
 
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    (5 ILCS 350/1)  (from Ch. 127, par. 1301)

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    Sec. 1. Definitions.   For the purpose of this Act:


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    (a) The term "State" means the State of Illinois, the 
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General
Assembly, the court, or any State office, department, 
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division, bureau,
board, commission, or committee, the 
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governing boards of the public
institutions of higher education 
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created by the State, the Illinois
National Guard, the 
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Comprehensive Health Insurance Board, any poison control

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center designated under the Poison Control System Act that 
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receives State
funding, or any other agency or instrumentality 
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of the State.  It
does not mean any local public entity as that 
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term is defined in Section
1-206 of the Local Governmental and 
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Governmental Employees Tort Immunity
Act or a pension fund.


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    (b) The term "employee" means any present or former elected 
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or
appointed officer, trustee or employee of the State, or of a 
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pension
fund,
any present or former commissioner or employee of 
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the Executive Ethics
Commission or of the Legislative Ethics 
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Commission, any present or former
Executive, Legislative, or 
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Auditor General's Inspector General, any present or
former 
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employee of an Office of an Executive, Legislative, or Auditor 
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General's
Inspector General, any present or former member of 
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the Illinois National
Guard
while on active duty, individuals 
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or organizations who contract with the
Department of 
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Corrections, the Comprehensive Health Insurance Board, or the

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Department of Veterans' Affairs to provide services, 
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individuals or
organizations who contract with the Department 
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of Human Services (as
successor to the Department of Mental 
 


 






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Health and Developmental
Disabilities) to provide services 
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including but not limited to treatment and
other services for 
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sexually violent persons, individuals or organizations who

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contract with the Department of
Military
Affairs for youth 
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programs, individuals or
organizations who contract to perform 
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carnival and amusement ride safety
inspections for the 
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Department of Labor, individual representatives of or

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designated organizations authorized to represent the Office of 
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State Long-Term
Ombudsman for the Department on Aging, 
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individual representatives of or
organizations designated by 
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the Department on Aging in the performance of their
duties as 
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elder abuse provider agencies or regional administrative 
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agencies
under the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, individuals or 
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organizations who perform
volunteer services for the State 
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where such volunteer relationship is reduced
to writing, 
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individuals who serve on any public entity (whether created by 
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law
or administrative action) described in paragraph (a) of 
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this Section,
individuals or not for profit organizations who, 
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either as volunteers, where
such volunteer relationship is 
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reduced to writing, or pursuant to contract,
furnish 
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professional advice or consultation to any agency or 
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instrumentality of
the State, child welfare agencies providing 
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services for the Department of Children and Family Services 
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that are funded in part by Title IVB or Title IVE of the 
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federal Social Security Act, individuals who serve as foster 
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parents for the Department of
Children and Family Services when 
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caring for a Department ward, and individuals
who serve as 
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arbitrators pursuant to Part 10A of
Article II of the Code of 
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Civil Procedure and the rules of the Supreme Court
implementing 
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Part 10A, each as now or hereafter amended, but does not mean 
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an
independent contractor except as provided in this Section. 
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The term includes an
individual appointed as an inspector by 
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the Director of State Police when
performing duties within the 
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scope of the activities of a Metropolitan
Enforcement Group or 
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a law enforcement organization established under the

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Intergovernmental Cooperation Act. An individual who renders 
 


 






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professional
advice and consultation to the State through an 
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organization which qualifies as
an "employee" under the Act is 
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also an employee. The term includes the estate
or personal 
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representative of an employee.


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    (c) The term "pension fund" means a retirement system or 
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pension
fund created under the Illinois Pension Code.


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(Source: P.A. 93-617, eff. 12-9-03.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.