97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB2945

 

Introduced 2/1/2012, by Sen. Dan Duffy

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
410 ILCS 82/55
820 ILCS 55/5  from Ch. 48, par. 2855

    Amends the Smoke Free Illinois Act and the Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act to exempt from certain prohibitions against discrimination any employer that, as its primary purposes or objectives, provides medical or hospital treatment to patients who have a cancerous condition.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning health.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Smoke Free Illinois Act is amended by
5changing Section 55 as follows:
 
6    (410 ILCS 82/55)
7    Sec. 55. Discrimination prohibited. No individual may be
8discriminated against in any manner because of the exercise of
9any rights afforded by this Act. This Section does not apply to
10any employer that, as its primary purposes or objectives,
11provides medical or hospital treatment to patients who have a
12cancerous condition.
13(Source: P.A. 95-17, eff. 1-1-08.)
 
14    Section 10. The Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act is
15amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
 
16    (820 ILCS 55/5)  (from Ch. 48, par. 2855)
17    Sec. 5. Discrimination for use of lawful products
18prohibited.
19    (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided by law and
20except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this Section,
21it shall be unlawful for an employer to refuse to hire or to

 

 

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1discharge any individual, or otherwise disadvantage any
2individual, with respect to compensation, terms, conditions or
3privileges of employment because the individual uses lawful
4products off the premises of the employer during nonworking
5hours.
6    (b) This Section does not apply to any employer that is a
7non-profit organization that, as one of its primary purposes or
8objectives, discourages the use of one or more lawful products
9by the general public or to any employer that, as its primary
10purposes or objectives, provides medical or hospital treatment
11to patients who have a cancerous condition. This Section does
12not apply to the use of those lawful products which impairs an
13employee's ability to perform the employee's assigned duties.
14    (c) It is not a violation of this Section for an employer
15to offer, impose or have in effect a health, disability or life
16insurance policy that makes distinctions between employees for
17the type of coverage or the price of coverage based upon the
18employees' use of lawful products provided that:
19        (1) differential premium rates charged employees
20    reflect a differential cost to the employer; and
21        (2) employers provide employees with a statement
22    delineating the differential rates used by insurance
23    carriers.
24(Source: P.A. 87-807.)