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IL SB2530

Bill

Status

Failed

1/13/2021

Primary Sponsor

Michael Hastings

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Origin

Senate

101st General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Amends the Workers' Compensation Act to provide benefits for emergency services personnel, public safety personnel, and licensed EMS personnel diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by a licensed psychiatrist

  • Eliminates the requirement to demonstrate physical injury for qualifying individuals to receive workers' compensation benefits for PTSD caused by work-related events

  • Covers firefighters, law enforcement officers, corrections employees, probation officers, 9-1-1 telecommunicators, emergency medical dispatchers, and personnel from agencies including Illinois State Police, Department of Corrections, and Department of Children and Family Services

  • Requires the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission to ensure compliance with federal mental health parity regulations, including the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008

  • Mandates that emergency services providers and law enforcement agencies provide employees with educational training on mental health awareness, prevention, mitigation, and treatment

Legislative Description

WORKER COMP-PTSD-EMS-POLICE

Last Action

Session Sine Die

1/13/2021

Committee Referrals

Assignments4/12/2020
Judiciary2/4/2020
Assignments1/28/2020

Full Bill Text

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