Public Act 102-0439
 
HB2568 EnrolledLRB102 15306 JLS 20662 b

    AN ACT concerning employment.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Public Safety Employee Benefits Act is
amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
 
    (820 ILCS 320/3)
    Sec. 3. Definition. For the purposes of this Act, the term
"firefighter" includes, without limitation, a licensed
emergency medical technician (EMT) who is a sworn member of a
public fire department, a paramedic employed by a unit of
local government, or an EMT, emergency medical
technician-intermediate (EMT-I), or advanced emergency medical
technician (A-EMT) employed by a unit of local government.
    For the purposes of this Act, the term "health insurance
plan" is limited to the insurance plan options that are
codified in the employee's collective bargaining agreement. If
the collective bargaining agreement is silent on plan options,
the available plans for the employee shall be negotiated with
the authorized representative and subject to the grievance
process.
(Source: P.A. 100-1132, eff. 11-28-18.)