97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB6186

 

Introduced , by Rep. Dan Brady

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 405/405-105  was 20 ILCS 405/64.1

    Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Central Management Services shall charge the employing State agency for workers' compensation payments for medical expenses and temporary total disability benefits (now, just for temporary total disability) paid to any employee (now, the Department shall charge the State agency only after the employee has received temporary total disability payments for 120 days if the employee's physician has issued a release to return to work but the employing State agency does not return the employee to work).


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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Department of Central Management Services
5Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by
6changing Section 405-105 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 405/405-105)  (was 20 ILCS 405/64.1)
8    Sec. 405-105. Fidelity, surety, property, and casualty
9insurance. The Department shall establish and implement a
10program to coordinate the handling of all fidelity, surety,
11property, and casualty insurance exposures of the State and the
12departments, divisions, agencies, branches, and universities
13of the State. In performing this responsibility, the Department
14shall have the power and duty to do the following:
15        (1) Develop and maintain loss and exposure data on all
16    State property.
17        (2) Study the feasibility of establishing a
18    self-insurance plan for State property and prepare
19    estimates of the costs of reinsurance for risks beyond the
20    realistic limits of the self-insurance.
21        (3) Prepare a plan for centralizing the purchase of
22    property and casualty insurance on State property under a
23    master policy or policies and purchase the insurance

 

 

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1    contracted for as provided in the Illinois Purchasing Act.
2        (4) Evaluate existing provisions for fidelity bonds
3    required of State employees and recommend changes that are
4    appropriate commensurate with risk experience and the
5    determinations respecting self-insurance or reinsurance so
6    as to permit reduction of costs without loss of coverage.
7        (5) Investigate procedures for inclusion of school
8    districts, public community college districts, and other
9    units of local government in programs for the centralized
10    purchase of insurance.
11        (6) Implement recommendations of the State Property
12    Insurance Study Commission that the Department finds
13    necessary or desirable in the performance of its powers and
14    duties under this Section to achieve efficient and
15    comprehensive risk management.
16        (7) Prepare and, in the discretion of the Director,
17    implement a plan providing for the purchase of public
18    liability insurance or for self-insurance for public
19    liability or for a combination of purchased insurance and
20    self-insurance for public liability (i) covering the State
21    and drivers of motor vehicles owned, leased, or controlled
22    by the State of Illinois pursuant to the provisions and
23    limitations contained in the Illinois Vehicle Code, (ii)
24    covering other public liability exposures of the State and
25    its employees within the scope of their employment, and
26    (iii) covering drivers of motor vehicles not owned, leased,

 

 

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1    or controlled by the State but used by a State employee on
2    State business, in excess of liability covered by an
3    insurance policy obtained by the owner of the motor vehicle
4    or in excess of the dollar amounts that the Department
5    shall determine to be reasonable. Any contract of insurance
6    let under this Law shall be by bid in accordance with the
7    procedure set forth in the Illinois Purchasing Act. Any
8    provisions for self-insurance shall conform to subdivision
9    (11).
10        The term "employee" as used in this subdivision (7) and
11    in subdivision (11) means a person while in the employ of
12    the State who is a member of the staff or personnel of a
13    State agency, bureau, board, commission, committee,
14    department, university, or college or who is a State
15    officer, elected official, commissioner, member of or ex
16    officio member of a State agency, bureau, board,
17    commission, committee, department, university, or college,
18    or a member of the National Guard while on active duty
19    pursuant to orders of the Governor of the State of
20    Illinois, or any other person while using a licensed motor
21    vehicle owned, leased, or controlled by the State of
22    Illinois with the authorization of the State of Illinois,
23    provided the actual use of the motor vehicle is within the
24    scope of that authorization and within the course of State
25    service.
26        Subsequent to payment of a claim on behalf of an

 

 

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1    employee pursuant to this Section and after reasonable
2    advance written notice to the employee, the Director may
3    exclude the employee from future coverage or limit the
4    coverage under the plan if (i) the Director determines that
5    the claim resulted from an incident in which the employee
6    was grossly negligent or had engaged in willful and wanton
7    misconduct or (ii) the Director determines that the
8    employee is no longer an acceptable risk based on a review
9    of prior accidents in which the employee was at fault and
10    for which payments were made pursuant to this Section.
11        The Director is authorized to promulgate
12    administrative rules that may be necessary to establish and
13    administer the plan.
14        Appropriations from the Road Fund shall be used to pay
15    auto liability claims and related expenses involving
16    employees of the Department of Transportation, the
17    Illinois State Police, and the Secretary of State.
18        (8) Charge, collect, and receive from all other
19    agencies of the State government fees or monies equivalent
20    to the cost of purchasing the insurance.
21        (9) Establish, through the Director, charges for risk
22    management services rendered to State agencies by the
23    Department. The State agencies so charged shall reimburse
24    the Department by vouchers drawn against their respective
25    appropriations. The reimbursement shall be determined by
26    the Director as amounts sufficient to reimburse the

 

 

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1    Department for expenditures incurred in rendering the
2    service.
3        The Department shall charge the employing State agency
4    or university for workers' compensation payments for
5    medical expenses and temporary total disability benefits
6    paid to any employee after the employee has received
7    temporary total disability payments for 120 days if the
8    employee's treating physician has issued a release to
9    return to work with restrictions and the employee is able
10    to perform modified duty work but the employing State
11    agency or university does not return the employee to work
12    at modified duty. Modified duty shall be duties assigned
13    that may or may not be delineated as part of the duties
14    regularly performed by the employee. Modified duties shall
15    be assigned within the prescribed restrictions established
16    by the treating physician and the physician who performed
17    the independent medical examination. The amount of all
18    reimbursements shall be deposited into the Workers'
19    Compensation Revolving Fund which is hereby created as a
20    revolving fund in the State treasury. In addition to any
21    other purpose authorized by law, moneys in the Fund shall
22    be used, subject to appropriation, to pay medical these or
23    other temporary total disability claims of employees of
24    State agencies and universities.
25        Beginning with fiscal year 1996, all amounts recovered
26    by the Department through subrogation in workers'

 

 

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1    compensation and workers' occupational disease cases shall
2    be deposited into the Workers' Compensation Revolving Fund
3    created under this subdivision (9).
4        (10) Establish rules, procedures, and forms to be used
5    by State agencies in the administration and payment of
6    workers' compensation claims. The Department shall
7    initially evaluate and determine the compensability of any
8    injury that is the subject of a workers' compensation claim
9    and provide for the administration and payment of such a
10    claim for all State agencies. The Director may delegate to
11    any agency with the agreement of the agency head the
12    responsibility for evaluation, administration, and payment
13    of that agency's claims.
14        (10a) If the Director determines it would be in the
15    best interests of the State and its employees, prepare and
16    implement a plan providing for: (i) the purchase of
17    workers' compensation insurance for workers' compensation
18    liability; (ii) third-party administration of
19    self-insurance, in whole or in part, for workers'
20    compensation liability; or (iii) a combination of
21    purchased insurance and self-insurance for workers'
22    compensation liability, including reinsurance or stop-loss
23    insurance. Any contract for insurance or third-party
24    administration shall be on terms consistent with State
25    policy; awarded in compliance with the Illinois
26    Procurement Code; and based on, but not limited to, the

 

 

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1    following criteria: administrative cost, service
2    capabilities of the carrier or other contractor and
3    premiums, fees, or charges. By April 1 of each year, the
4    Director must report and provide information to the State
5    Workers' Compensation Program Advisory Board concerning
6    the status of the State workers' compensation program for
7    the next fiscal year. Information includes, but is not
8    limited to, documents, reports of negotiations, bid
9    invitations, requests for proposals, specifications,
10    copies of proposed and final contracts or agreements, and
11    any other materials concerning contracts or agreements for
12    the program. By the first of each month thereafter, the
13    Director must provide updated, and any new, information to
14    the State Workers' Compensation Program Advisory Board
15    until the State workers' compensation program for the next
16    fiscal year is determined.
17        (11) Any plan for public liability self-insurance
18    implemented under this Section shall provide that (i) the
19    Department shall attempt to settle and may settle any
20    public liability claim filed against the State of Illinois
21    or any public liability claim filed against a State
22    employee on the basis of an occurrence in the course of the
23    employee's State employment; (ii) any settlement of such a
24    claim is not subject to fiscal year limitations and must be
25    approved by the Director and, in cases of settlements
26    exceeding $100,000, by the Governor; and (iii) a settlement

 

 

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1    of any public liability claim against the State or a State
2    employee shall require an unqualified release of any right
3    of action against the State and the employee for acts
4    within the scope of the employee's employment giving rise
5    to the claim.
6        Whenever and to the extent that a State employee
7    operates a motor vehicle or engages in other activity
8    covered by self-insurance under this Section, the State of
9    Illinois shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the
10    employee against any claim in tort filed against the
11    employee for acts or omissions within the scope of the
12    employee's employment in any proper judicial forum and not
13    settled pursuant to this subdivision (11), provided that
14    this obligation of the State of Illinois shall not exceed a
15    maximum liability of $2,000,000 for any single occurrence
16    in connection with the operation of a motor vehicle or
17    $100,000 per person per occurrence for any other single
18    occurrence, or $500,000 for any single occurrence in
19    connection with the provision of medical care by a licensed
20    physician employee.
21        Any claims against the State of Illinois under a
22    self-insurance plan that are not settled pursuant to this
23    subdivision (11) shall be heard and determined by the Court
24    of Claims and may not be filed or adjudicated in any other
25    forum. The Attorney General of the State of Illinois or the
26    Attorney General's designee shall be the attorney with

 

 

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1    respect to all public liability self-insurance claims that
2    are not settled pursuant to this subdivision (11) and
3    therefore result in litigation. The payment of any award of
4    the Court of Claims entered against the State relating to
5    any public liability self-insurance claim shall act as a
6    release against any State employee involved in the
7    occurrence.
8        (12) Administer a plan the purpose of which is to make
9    payments on final settlements or final judgments in
10    accordance with the State Employee Indemnification Act.
11    The plan shall be funded through appropriations from the
12    General Revenue Fund specifically designated for that
13    purpose, except that indemnification expenses for
14    employees of the Department of Transportation, the
15    Illinois State Police, and the Secretary of State shall be
16    paid from the Road Fund. The term "employee" as used in
17    this subdivision (12) has the same meaning as under
18    subsection (b) of Section 1 of the State Employee
19    Indemnification Act. Subject to sufficient appropriation,
20    the Director shall approve payment of any claim, without
21    regard to fiscal year limitations, presented to the
22    Director that is supported by a final settlement or final
23    judgment when the Attorney General and the chief officer of
24    the public body against whose employee the claim or cause
25    of action is asserted certify to the Director that the
26    claim is in accordance with the State Employee

 

 

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1    Indemnification Act and that they approve of the payment.
2    In no event shall an amount in excess of $150,000 be paid
3    from this plan to or for the benefit of any claimant.
4        (13) Administer a plan the purpose of which is to make
5    payments on final settlements or final judgments for
6    employee wage claims in situations where there was an
7    appropriation relevant to the wage claim, the fiscal year
8    and lapse period have expired, and sufficient funds were
9    available to pay the claim. The plan shall be funded
10    through appropriations from the General Revenue Fund
11    specifically designated for that purpose.
12        Subject to sufficient appropriation, the Director is
13    authorized to pay any wage claim presented to the Director
14    that is supported by a final settlement or final judgment
15    when the chief officer of the State agency employing the
16    claimant certifies to the Director that the claim is a
17    valid wage claim and that the fiscal year and lapse period
18    have expired. Payment for claims that are properly
19    submitted and certified as valid by the Director shall
20    include interest accrued at the rate of 7% per annum from
21    the forty-fifth day after the claims are received by the
22    Department or 45 days from the date on which the amount of
23    payment is agreed upon, whichever is later, until the date
24    the claims are submitted to the Comptroller for payment.
25    When the Attorney General has filed an appearance in any
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1    the Attorney General shall certify to the Director that the
2    wage claim is valid before any payment is made. In no event
3    shall an amount in excess of $150,000 be paid from this
4    plan to or for the benefit of any claimant.
5        Nothing in Public Act 84-961 shall be construed to
6    affect in any manner the jurisdiction of the Court of
7    Claims concerning wage claims made against the State of
8    Illinois.
9        (14) Prepare and, in the discretion of the Director,
10    implement a program for self-insurance for official
11    fidelity and surety bonds for officers and employees as
12    authorized by the Official Bond Act.
13(Source: P.A. 96-928, eff. 6-15-10; 97-18, eff. 6-28-11.)