Date	Chamber	Action
1/12/2011	Senate	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

820 ILCS 305/6

from Ch. 48, par. 138.6

820 ILCS 310/1

from Ch. 48, par. 172.36

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends provisions of the Workers' Compensation Act and the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act providing that the disability of a firefighter, emergency medical technician, or paramedic resulting from a condition or health impairment that results directly or indirectly from any bloodborne pathogen, lung or respiratory disease or condition, heart or vascular disease or condition, hypertension, tuberculosis, or cancer is rebuttably presumed to arise out of and in the course of employment and to be causally connected to the hazards or exposures of the employment. Provides that the presumption does not apply to a condition or impairment of health that results from any cancer, lung or respiratory disease or condition, or heart or vascular disease or condition if the employee used cigarettes or other tobacco products within the 60-month period preceding the filing of an Application for Adjustment of Claim.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/19/2009	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dan Cronin
2/19/2009	Senate	First Reading
2/19/2009	Senate	Referred to Assignments
3/4/2009	Senate	Assigned to Labor
3/12/2009	Senate	Held in Labor
3/13/2009	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
1/12/2011	Senate	Session Sine Die

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