(820 ILCS 45/2) (from Ch. 73, par. 1352)
Sec. 2.
No employer who makes available to employees
group health insurance coverage or otherwise provides for payment of or
furnishes medical or health care services under a group health insurance
policy or contract, non-profit health care service plan contract, health
maintenance organization or other subscriber contract, or any other health
care plan or arrangement which pays for or furnishes medical or health care
services by a provider of such services, whether by insurance or not, shall
discharge an employee where the basis for such discharge is retaliation for
the filing of a legitimate claim or the actual use or receipt of medical or
health care services by an employee under such insurance policy or contract,
or any other health care plan or arrangement, whether insurance or not.
(Source: P.A. 85-930.)
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