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IL SB2622

Bill

Status

Failed

1/13/2015

Primary Sponsor

Kyle McCarter

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Origin

Senate

98th General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Amends the Workers' Compensation Act to require employees required to travel for work to be actively engaged in job duties at the time of injury to receive benefits.

  • Defines "accident" as an occurrence arising out of employment, resulting from a risk incidental to employment, at a time and place reasonably required by the employment.

  • Defines "injury" as a medical condition arising out of and in the course of employment that must be established with reasonable medical certainty, and requires the compensable injury to be the major contributing cause (more than 50% responsible) of any resulting injuries.

  • Specifies that travel to and from work and injuries during paid or unpaid breaks are not compensable as arising out of and in the course of employment.

  • Excludes injuries resulting directly or indirectly from idiopathic causes (self-originating conditions unrelated to employment) from compensation, and limits coverage for pre-existing condition aggravations to periods when the aggravation remains the major contributing cause of disability.

Legislative Description

WORKERS COMP-TRAVEL-CAUSATION

Last Action

Session Sine Die

1/13/2015

Committee Referrals

Assignments3/28/2014
Labor And Commerce1/29/2014
Assignments11/7/2013

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