Full Text of HB1378 98th General Assembly
HB1378 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 HB1378 Introduced , by Rep. Daniel J. Burke SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 40 ILCS 5/6-151.1 | from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-151.1 | 30 ILCS 805/8.37 new | |
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Amends the Chicago Firefighter Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Adds Parkinson's disease to the list of diseases for which certain firemen may be entitled to receive an occupational disease disability
benefit. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
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| | FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY | PENSION IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY | STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 6-151.1 as follows:
| 6 | | (40 ILCS 5/6-151.1)
(from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-151.1)
| 7 | | Sec. 6-151.1. The General Assembly finds and declares that | 8 | | service in the
Fire Department requires that firemen, in times | 9 | | of stress and danger, must
perform unusual tasks; that by | 10 | | reason of their occupation, firemen are subject
to exposure to | 11 | | great heat and to extreme cold in certain seasons while in
| 12 | | performance of their duties; that by reason of their employment | 13 | | firemen are
required to work in the midst of and are subject to | 14 | | heavy smoke fumes and
carcinogenic, poisonous, toxic or | 15 | | chemical gases from fires; and that in the
course of their | 16 | | rescue and paramedic duties firemen are exposed to disabling
| 17 | | infectious diseases, including AIDS, hepatitis C, Parkinson's | 18 | | disease, and stroke. The General
Assembly further finds and | 19 | | declares that all the aforementioned conditions
exist and arise | 20 | | out of or in the course of such employment.
| 21 | | Any active fireman who has completed 7 or more years of | 22 | | service
and is unable to perform his duties in the Fire | 23 | | Department by reason of heart
disease, tuberculosis, any |
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| 1 | | disease of the lungs or respiratory
tract, AIDS, hepatitis C, | 2 | | Parkinson's disease, or stroke resulting from his service
as a | 3 | | fireman, shall be entitled to receive an occupational disease | 4 | | disability
benefit during any period of such disability for | 5 | | which he does not have a right
to receive salary.
| 6 | | Any active fireman who has completed 7 or more years of | 7 | | service
and is unable to perform his duties in the fire | 8 | | department by reason of a
disabling cancer, which develops or | 9 | | manifests itself during a period while
the fireman is in the | 10 | | service of the department, shall be entitled to
receive an | 11 | | occupational disease disability benefit during any period of
| 12 | | such disability for which he does not have a right to receive | 13 | | salary. In
order to receive this occupational disease | 14 | | disability benefit, the type of
cancer involved must be a type | 15 | | which may be caused by exposure to heat,
radiation or a known | 16 | | carcinogen as defined by the International Agency for
Research | 17 | | on Cancer.
| 18 | | Any fireman who shall enter the service after the effective | 19 | | date of this
amendatory Act shall be examined by one or more | 20 | | practicing physicians appointed
by the Board, and if that
| 21 | | examination discloses impairment of
the heart, lungs, or | 22 | | respiratory tract, or the existence of AIDS,
hepatitis C, | 23 | | Parkinson's disease, stroke, or cancer, then the fireman shall
| 24 | | not be
entitled to receive an occupational disease disability | 25 | | benefit unless and
until a subsequent examination reveals no | 26 | | such impairment, AIDS,
hepatitis C, Parkinson's disease, |
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| 1 | | stroke, or cancer.
| 2 | | The occupational disease disability benefit shall be 65% of | 3 | | the
fireman's salary at the time of his removal from the | 4 | | Department payroll.
However, beginning January 1, 1994, no | 5 | | occupational disease disability
benefit that has been payable | 6 | | under this Section for at least 10 years shall be
less than 50% | 7 | | of the current salary attached from time to time to the rank | 8 | | and
grade held by the fireman at the time of his removal from | 9 | | the Department
payroll, regardless of whether that removal | 10 | | occurred before the effective date
of this amendatory Act of | 11 | | 1993.
| 12 | | Such fireman also shall have a right to receive child's | 13 | | disability
benefit of $30 per month on account of each | 14 | | unmarried child who is less than
18 years of age or | 15 | | handicapped, dependent upon the fireman for support, and
either | 16 | | the issue of the fireman or legally adopted by him. The total
| 17 | | amount of child's disability benefit payable to the fireman, | 18 | | when added to
his occupational disease disability benefit, | 19 | | shall not exceed 75% of the
amount of salary which he was | 20 | | receiving at the time of the grant of
occupational disease | 21 | | disability benefit.
| 22 | | The first payment of occupational disease disability | 23 | | benefit or
child's disability benefit shall be made not later | 24 | | than one month after
the benefit is granted. Each subsequent | 25 | | payment shall be made not later
than one month after the date | 26 | | of the latest payment.
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| 1 | | Occupational disease disability benefit shall be payable | 2 | | during the
period of the disability until the fireman reaches | 3 | | the age of compulsory
retirement. Child's disability benefit | 4 | | shall be paid to such a fireman
during the period of disability | 5 | | until such child or children attain age
18 or marry, whichever | 6 | | event occurs first; except that attainment of age
18 by a child | 7 | | who is so physically or mentally handicapped as to be
dependent | 8 | | upon the fireman for support, shall not render the child
| 9 | | ineligible for child's disability benefit. The fireman | 10 | | thereafter shall
receive such annuity or annuities as are | 11 | | provided for him in accordance
with other provisions of this | 12 | | Article.
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 93-654, eff. 1-16-04.)
| 14 | | Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | 15 | | Section 8.37 as follows: | 16 | | (30 ILCS 805/8.37 new) | 17 | | Sec. 8.37. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 | 18 | | of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | 19 | | implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of | 20 | | the 98th General Assembly.
| 21 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 22 | | becoming law.
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