HB1580 Summary

• Expands the definition of who can certify disability for Illinois public employees to include licensed health care professionals (physicians, physician assistants, clinical psychologists, and advanced practice nurses), not just physicians.

• Removes specific 12-month filing deadlines for occupational disability benefit applications, streamlining the application process.

• Changes Social Security offset language from age "65" to "Social Security full retirement age" to align with current federal law.

• Creates Section 14-124.5 requiring licensed health care professionals to submit their registration numbers on all reports submitted to the System.

• Modifies temporary disability benefit waiting period from 150 days to 30 days when an employer-paid benefit is terminated.