HB4784 Summary

• Amends the Illinois Pension Code to clarify that "salary" for a member on disability benefit means the salary on which the disability benefit is based.

• Modifies ordinary disability benefit requirements to mandate annual medical examinations by a Board-appointed licensed health care professional, rather than a one-time examination at application.

• Establishes that employees who first entered service after June 13, 1997 become eligible for ordinary disability benefits on the 31st day after their last day worked, provided all sick leave is exhausted.

• Expands the Board's subpoena power to compel production of documents and records related to disability claims, administrative reviews, benefit collection, personal identification information, death determinations, and felony forfeiture investigations, with witness fees set at circuit court rates.

• Updates witness fee provisions from a fixed $6 per day rate to align with standard circuit court witness fees.