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SB252 Engrossed                                LRB9101085WHmg

 1        AN ACT to amend certain Acts  in  relation  to  workplace
 2    injuries and diseases.

 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 18.5 as follows:

 7        (820 ILCS 305/18.5 new)
 8        Sec.  18.5.  Insurance fraud; employer's standing to seek
 9    disposal of claim. After an employee has been convicted of an
10    offense involving a fraudulent workers'  compensation  claim,
11    an employer has standing before the Industrial Commission for
12    the sole purpose of filing and seeking disposal of the claim.
13    

14        Section  10.  The  Workers'  Occupational Diseases Act is
15    amended by adding Section 18.5 as follows:

16        (820 ILCS 310/18.5 new)
17        Sec. 18.5. Insurance fraud; employer's standing  to  seek
18    disposal of claim. After an employee has been convicted of an
19    offense  involving  a  fraudulent  claim  under  this Act, an
20    employer has standing before the  Industrial  Commission  for
21    the sole purpose of filing and seeking disposal of the claim.
22    

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