IL HB3112

Amends the Workers' Compensation Act to add contagious staph infections, including Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), to the list of conditions with rebuttable presumption for firefighters and emergency medical technicians.

Creates a rebuttable presumption that MRSA and other contagious staph infections arising in firefighters, EMTs, EMT-I, A-EMT, and paramedics are work-related and causally connected to employment hazards.

Presumption applies only to employees who have been employed in these roles for at least 5 years at the time they file a workers' compensation claim.

Presumption does not apply to private employer EMTs, EMT-I, A-EMT, or paramedics whose work primarily involves medical transfers between facilities rather than emergency response.

Takes effect immediately upon becoming law.