Full Text of HB0109 098th General Assembly
HB0109 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 HB0109 Introduced 1/10/2013, by Rep. Dwight Kay SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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820 ILCS 305/6 | from Ch. 48, par. 138.6 |
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Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Requires written, signed, and verified notice of an accident to be given to the employer. Provides that, with respect to repetitive trauma or cumulative trauma, notice shall be given within 45 days of the date the condition manifests itself. Specifies contents of the notice. Provides that no defect or inaccuracy in a notice shall be a bar to a proceeding unless the employee proves the defect or inaccuracy was not knowingly and willfully provided or there was good cause for the failure to provide an accurate or non-defective notice.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning employment.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Workers' Compensation Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 6 as follows:
| 6 | | (820 ILCS 305/6) (from Ch. 48, par. 138.6)
| 7 | | Sec. 6. (a) Every employer within the provisions of this | 8 | | Act, shall,
under the rules and regulations prescribed by the | 9 | | Commission, post
printed notices in their respective places of | 10 | | employment in such number
and at such places as may be | 11 | | determined by the Commission, containing
such information | 12 | | relative to this Act as in the judgment of the
Commission may | 13 | | be necessary to aid employees to safeguard their rights
under | 14 | | this Act in event of injury.
| 15 | | In addition thereto, the employer shall post in a | 16 | | conspicuous place
on the place of the employment a printed or | 17 | | typewritten notice stating
whether he is insured or whether he | 18 | | has qualified and is operating as a
self-insured employer. In | 19 | | the event the employer is insured, the notice
shall state the | 20 | | name and address of his insurance carrier, the number of
the | 21 | | insurance policy, its effective date and the date of | 22 | | termination. In
the event of the termination of the policy for | 23 | | any reason prior to the
termination date stated, the posted |
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| 1 | | notice shall promptly be corrected
accordingly. In the event | 2 | | the employer is operating as a self-insured
employer the notice | 3 | | shall state the name and address of the company, if
any, | 4 | | servicing the compensation payments of the employer, and the | 5 | | name
and address of the person in charge of making compensation | 6 | | payments.
| 7 | | (b) Every employer subject to this Act shall maintain | 8 | | accurate
records of work-related deaths, injuries and illness | 9 | | other than minor
injuries requiring only first aid treatment | 10 | | and which do not involve
medical treatment, loss of | 11 | | consciousness, restriction of work or motion,
or transfer to | 12 | | another job and file with the Commission, in writing, a
report | 13 | | of all accidental deaths, injuries and illnesses arising out of
| 14 | | and in the course of the employment resulting in the loss of | 15 | | more than
3 scheduled work days. In the case of death such | 16 | | report shall be
made no later than 2 working days following the | 17 | | accidental death. In
all other cases such report shall be made | 18 | | between the 15th and 25th of
each month unless required to be | 19 | | made sooner by rule of the Commission.
In case the injury | 20 | | results in permanent disability, a further report
shall be made | 21 | | as soon as it is determined that such permanent disability
has | 22 | | resulted or will result from the injury. All reports shall | 23 | | state
the date of the injury, including the time of day or | 24 | | night, the nature
of the employer's business, the name, | 25 | | address, age, sex, conjugal
condition of the injured person, | 26 | | the specific occupation of the injured
person, the direct cause |
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| 1 | | of the injury and the nature of the accident,
the character of | 2 | | the injury, the length of disability, and in case of
death the | 3 | | length of disability before death, the wages of the injured
| 4 | | person, whether compensation has been paid to the injured | 5 | | person, or to
his or her legal representative or his heirs or | 6 | | next of kin, the amount of
compensation paid, the amount paid | 7 | | for physicians', surgeons' and
hospital bills, and by whom | 8 | | paid, and the amount paid for funeral or
burial expenses if | 9 | | known. The reports shall be made on forms and in the
manner as | 10 | | prescribed by the Commission and shall contain such further
| 11 | | information as the Commission shall deem necessary and require. | 12 | | The
making of these reports releases the employer from making | 13 | | such reports
to any other officer of the State and shall | 14 | | satisfy the reporting
provisions as contained in the "Health | 15 | | and Safety Act" and "An Act in
relation to safety inspections | 16 | | and education in industrial and
commercial establishments and | 17 | | to repeal an Act therein named", approved
July 18, 1955, as now | 18 | | or hereafter amended. The reports filed with the
Commission | 19 | | pursuant to this Section shall be made available by the
| 20 | | Commission to the Director of Labor or his representatives and | 21 | | to all
other departments of the State of Illinois which shall | 22 | | require such
information for the proper discharge of their | 23 | | official duties. Failure
to file with the Commission any of the | 24 | | reports required in this Section
is a petty offense.
| 25 | | Except as provided in this paragraph, all reports filed | 26 | | hereunder shall
be confidential and any person
having access to |
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| 1 | | such records filed with the Illinois Workers' Compensation | 2 | | Commission as
herein required, who shall release any | 3 | | information therein contained
including the names or otherwise | 4 | | identify any persons sustaining
injuries or disabilities, or | 5 | | give access to such information to any
unauthorized person, | 6 | | shall be subject to discipline or discharge, and in
addition | 7 | | shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. The Commission shall
| 8 | | compile and distribute to interested persons aggregate | 9 | | statistics, taken
from the reports filed hereunder. The | 10 | | aggregate statistics shall not give
the names or otherwise | 11 | | identify persons sustaining injuries or disabilities
or the | 12 | | employer of any injured or disabled person.
| 13 | | (c) Written, signed, and verified notice Notice of the | 14 | | accident shall be given to the employer as soon as
practicable, | 15 | | but not later than 45 days after the accident. Provided:
| 16 | | (1) In case of the legal disability of the employee
or any | 17 | | dependent of a
deceased employee who may be entitled to | 18 | | compensation under the
provisions of this Act, the limitations | 19 | | of time by this Act provided do
not begin to run against such | 20 | | person under legal disability
until a
guardian has been | 21 | | appointed.
| 22 | | (2) In cases of injuries sustained by exposure to | 23 | | radiological
materials or equipment, notice shall be given to | 24 | | the employer within 90
days subsequent to the time that the | 25 | | employee knows or suspects that he
has received an excessive | 26 | | dose of radiation.
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| 1 | | (3) In cases of repetitive trauma or cumulative trauma | 2 | | injury, notice shall be given within 45 days of the date that | 3 | | the condition manifests itself. The date of manifestation is | 4 | | defined as the time when the employee developed symptoms of a | 5 | | repetitive injury or a cumulative trauma condition and such | 6 | | injury or condition was or should have been apparent to a | 7 | | prudent layperson that the injury or condition was related to a | 8 | | work activity. | 9 | | No defect or inaccuracy of such notice shall be a bar to | 10 | | the
maintenance of proceedings on arbitration or otherwise by | 11 | | the employee
unless the employee employer proves that he is | 12 | | unduly prejudiced in such
proceedings by such defect or | 13 | | inaccuracy was not knowingly and willfully provided or the | 14 | | employee or his or her beneficiary had good cause for failure | 15 | | to provide such notice .
| 16 | | Notice of the accident shall inform the employer of the | 17 | | give the approximate date , approximate time, the location of | 18 | | where and how and place of
the accident occurred , if known, | 19 | | and may be given orally or in writing .
| 20 | | (d) Every employer shall notify each injured employee who | 21 | | has been
granted compensation under the provisions of Section 8 | 22 | | of this Act
of his rights to rehabilitation services and advise | 23 | | him of the locations
of available public rehabilitation centers | 24 | | and any other such services
of which the employer has | 25 | | knowledge.
| 26 | | In any case, other than one where the injury was caused by |
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| 1 | | exposure
to radiological materials or equipment or asbestos | 2 | | unless the application for
compensation is filed with the | 3 | | Commission within 3 years after the date
of the accident, where | 4 | | no compensation has been paid, or within 2 years
after the date | 5 | | of the last payment of compensation, where any has been
paid, | 6 | | whichever shall be later, the right to file such application | 7 | | shall
be barred.
| 8 | | In any case of injury caused by exposure to radiological | 9 | | materials or
equipment or asbestos, unless application for | 10 | | compensation is filed with the
Commission within 25 years after | 11 | | the last day that the employee was
employed in an environment | 12 | | of hazardous radiological activity or asbestos,
the right to | 13 | | file such application shall be barred.
| 14 | | If in any case except one where the injury was caused by | 15 | | exposure to
radiological materials or equipment or asbestos, | 16 | | the accidental injury
results in death application for | 17 | | compensation for death may be filed with the
Commission within | 18 | | 3 years after the date of death where no compensation
has been | 19 | | paid or within 2 years after the date of the last payment of
| 20 | | compensation where any has been paid, whichever shall be later, | 21 | | but not
thereafter.
| 22 | | If an accidental injury caused by exposure to radiological | 23 | | material
or equipment or asbestos results in death within 25 | 24 | | years after the last
day that the employee was so exposed | 25 | | application for compensation for death may
be filed with the | 26 | | Commission within 3 years after the date of death,
where no |
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| 1 | | compensation has been paid, or within 2 years after the date of
| 2 | | the last payment of compensation where any has been paid, | 3 | | whichever
shall be later, but not thereafter.
| 4 | | (e) Any contract or agreement made by any employer or his | 5 | | agent or
attorney with any employee or any other beneficiary of | 6 | | any claim under
the provisions of this Act within 7 days after | 7 | | the injury shall be
presumed to be fraudulent.
| 8 | | (f) Any condition or impairment of health of an employee | 9 | | employed as a
firefighter, emergency medical technician (EMT), | 10 | | or paramedic which results
directly or indirectly from any | 11 | | bloodborne pathogen, lung or respiratory
disease
or condition, | 12 | | heart
or vascular disease or condition, hypertension, | 13 | | tuberculosis, or cancer
resulting in any disability | 14 | | (temporary, permanent, total, or partial) to the
employee shall | 15 | | be rebuttably presumed to arise out of and in the course of
the | 16 | | employee's firefighting, EMT, or paramedic employment and, | 17 | | further, shall
be
rebuttably presumed to be causally connected | 18 | | to the hazards or exposures of
the employment. This presumption | 19 | | shall also apply to any hernia or hearing
loss suffered by an | 20 | | employee employed as a firefighter, EMT, or paramedic.
However, | 21 | | this presumption shall not apply to any employee who has been | 22 | | employed
as a firefighter, EMT, or paramedic for less than 5 | 23 | | years at the time he or she files an Application for Adjustment | 24 | | of Claim concerning this condition or impairment with the | 25 | | Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission. The Finding and | 26 | | Decision of the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission |
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| 1 | | under only the rebuttable presumption provision of this | 2 | | subsection shall not be admissible or be deemed res judicata in | 3 | | any disability claim under the Illinois Pension Code arising | 4 | | out of the same medical condition; however, this sentence makes | 5 | | no change to the law set forth in Krohe v. City of Bloomington, | 6 | | 204 Ill.2d 392.
| 7 | | (Source: P.A. 95-316, eff. 1-1-08.)
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