Full Text of HJR0018 94th General Assembly
HJ0018 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Illinois workers' compensation laws provide | 3 |
| workers important protection from the economic hardship | 4 |
| wrought by injuries and diseases caused by employment; and
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| WHEREAS, Illinois employers favor a workers' compensation | 6 |
| system that not only treats injured workers adequately and | 7 |
| fairly but also takes opportunities to minimize unnecessary | 8 |
| costs, to prevent abuse, and to settle disputes quickly and | 9 |
| impartially; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, Both Illinois workers and employers have concerns | 11 |
| about the current state of Illinois' workers' compensation | 12 |
| laws, and both strive to make positive changes that work for | 13 |
| both workers and employers; and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, Illinois' workers' compensation system should | 15 |
| equitably remunerate Illinois physicians and health care | 16 |
| providers for services rendered to relieve employees of | 17 |
| work-related injuries and diseases; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 19 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 20 |
| SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that a Workers' Compensation Reform | 21 |
| Task Force shall be created to bring together legislators and | 22 |
| stakeholders to consult each other and the public for the | 23 |
| purpose of reforming Illinois workers' compensation laws; and | 24 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Speaker of the House, the Minority | 26 |
| Leader of the House, the President of the Senate, and the | 27 |
| Minority Leader of the Senate shall each make two appointments | 28 |
| to the Task Force and each appointee shall be a member of the | 29 |
| General Assembly; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That additional members shall be appointed from | 2 |
| organizations as follows: one member appointed by the Illinois | 3 |
| Manufacturers Association; one member appointed by the | 4 |
| Illinois Retail Merchants Association; one member appointed by | 5 |
| the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce; one member appointed by | 6 |
| the Illinois chapter of the National Federation of Independent | 7 |
| Business; one member appointed by the Associated General | 8 |
| Contractors of Illinois; one member appointed by the Illinois | 9 |
| State Medical Society; one member appointed by the Illinois | 10 |
| Hospital Association; and three members appointed by the | 11 |
| Illinois AFL-CIO; and be it further | 12 |
| RESOLVED, That all members appointed to the Task Force | 13 |
| shall receive no compensation for serving as a member but shall | 14 |
| be eligible to receive reimbursement for reasonable costs | 15 |
| associated with membership from the appropriate fund; and be it | 16 |
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| RESOLVED, That two Task Force co-chairpersons, who are | 18 |
| members of the General Assembly, shall be nominated and elected | 19 |
| by Task Force members to preside over meetings of the Task | 20 |
| Force; and be it further | 21 |
| RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall commence business no | 22 |
| later than August 1, 2005; the Task Force shall conduct public | 23 |
| hearings at the call of the co-chairpersons; at least one | 24 |
| hearing shall be scheduled and convened in every region of | 25 |
| Illinois; time shall be allotted for members of the public to | 26 |
| offer remarks at meetings of the Task Force; and a report | 27 |
| detailing recommendations of the Task Force to reform Illinois' | 28 |
| workers' compensation laws shall be presented to the Governor | 29 |
| and the General Assembly no later than March 15, 2006; and be | 30 |
| it further | 31 |
| RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall address each of the | 32 |
| following issues, among other workers' compensation issues and |
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| topics without limit: (i) a method by which only those medical | 2 |
| costs that are most equitable for employers and health care | 3 |
| providers are charged for rendering services to relieve | 4 |
| work-related injuries and diseases; (ii) the appropriateness | 5 |
| of measures found in State law to combat and prevent abuse of | 6 |
| the system; (iii) the identification of adequate compensation | 7 |
| for workers and families of workers unable to return to work | 8 |
| because of injury or disease that is also not cost-prohibitive | 9 |
| for employers; (iv) the existence and adequacy of programs that | 10 |
| promote and encourage workplace safety and injury and disease | 11 |
| prevention; and (v) the ability of the Illinois Workers' | 12 |
| Compensation Commission to mediate and adjudicate disputes in a | 13 |
| timely and fair manner.
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