IL HB1065

Amends the Workers' Compensation Act to strengthen the rebuttable presumption for firefighters, EMTs, and paramedics who develop certain occupational conditions including bloodborne pathogens, MRSA, lung/respiratory disease, heart/vascular disease, hypertension, tuberculosis, cancer, hernia, or hearing loss

Shifts the burden of proof to employers, requiring them to establish by clear and convincing evidence that the condition has an independent, non-work-related cause and that no aspect of employment contributed to the condition

Prohibits employers from overcoming the hearing loss presumption by arguing that injured employees did not meet exposure thresholds specified in Section 8 subsections (e) and (f) of the Act

Applies to employees who have worked at least 5 years as a firefighter, EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, or paramedic at the time of filing a workers' compensation claim