Senate Sponsors: CRONIN. House Sponsors: MADIGAN,MJ-HOFFMAN-STROGER Short description: WRK COMP-SECOND INJURY FUND Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Makes numerous changes concerning payments by employers into the Second Injury Fund and the Rate Adjustment Fund based on compensation payments made by employers under the Workers' Compensation Act or the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act. Contains provisions concerning allocation of assessments between self-insured employers and insured employers. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes language providing that premium surcharges shall be excluded from the definition of "premium" for purposes of computation of agents' commissions. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 2. Deletes reference to: 820 ILCS 305/8 Removes portions of the new language regarding the changes in the assessment amounts, but leaves intact the new language regarding the manner of collecting the assessments (and adds language providing that the new language regarding the manner of collecting the assessments applies to the extent that the employer insures its workers' compensation liability under the Workers' Compensation Act). Removes the new language regarding the Industrial Commission's examination of the Second Injury Fund. FISCAL NOTE (Illinois Industrial Commission) SB 717 will have no fiscal impact as it relates to the Workers' Compensation Act. The Commission is unable to determine if there will be a fiscal impact insofar as the bill relates to other statutes. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes reference to: 820 ILCS 305/7 Adds reference to: 820 ILCS 305/28 from Ch. 48, par. 138.28 Deletes everything. Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Makes a technical change in a Section relating to the application of the Act. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: JAN-07-2003 Location: Senate Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 1 SENATE - 2 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status