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90_SB0584
820 ILCS 305/3.5 new
Amends the Workers' Compensation Act to provide that if,
at the time of the employee's injury or disablement, the
employee had an alcohol concentration of 0.10 or more,
cannabis, or a controlled substance in his or her body and
the alcohol, cannabis, or controlled substance contributed to
the accident or event resulting in the injury, compensation
under the Act shall be denied.
LRB9002255WHdv
LRB9002255WHdv
1 AN ACT to amend the Workers' Compensation Act by adding
2 Section 3.5.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Workers' Compensation Act is amended by
6 adding Section 3.5 as follows:
7 (820 ILCS 305/3.5 new)
8 Sec. 3.5. Alcohol or drugs. If, at the time of his or
9 her injury or disablement, an employee has an alcohol
10 concentration of 0.10 or more as defined in Section 11-501.2
11 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, cannabis, or a controlled
12 substance in his or her body and the alcohol, cannabis, or
13 controlled substance contributed to the accident or event
14 resulting in the injury, compensation under this Act shall be
15 denied.