Bill Amendment: IL SB0198 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly

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Bill Title: EMPLOYMENT-TECH

Status: 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB0198 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB0198-Senate_Amendment_002.html

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Sen. Kwame Raoul

Filed: 5/17/2017

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 198
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 198, AS AMENDED,
with reference to page and line numbers of Senate Amendment No.
1 as follows:
by replacing line 8 on page 48 through line 20 on page 49 with
the following:
"(820 ILCS 305/8.1b)
Sec. 8.1b. Determination of permanent partial disability.
For accidental injuries that occur on or after September 1,
2011, permanent partial disability shall be established using
the following criteria:
(a) A physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its
branches preparing a permanent partial disability impairment
report shall report the level of impairment in writing. The
report shall include an evaluation of medically defined and
professionally appropriate measurements of impairment that

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include, but are not limited to: loss of range of motion; loss
of strength; measured atrophy of tissue mass consistent with
the injury; and any other measurements that establish the
nature and extent of the impairment. The most current edition
of the American Medical Association's "Guides to the Evaluation
of Permanent Impairment" shall be used by the physician in
determining the level of impairment.
(b) In determining the level of permanent partial
disability, the Commission shall base its determination on the
following factors: (i) the reported level of impairment
pursuant to subsection (a); (ii) the occupation of the injured
employee; (iii) the age of the employee at the time of the
injury; (iv) the employee's future earning capacity; and (v)
evidence of disability corroborated by the treating medical
records. No single enumerated factor shall be the sole
determinant of disability. In determining the level of
disability, the relevance and weight of any factors used in
addition to the level of impairment as reported by the
physician must be explained in a written order.
(c) A report of impairment prepared pursuant to subsection
(a), if none is offered, is not required for an arbitrator or
the Commission to make an award for permanent partial
disability or permanent total disability benefits or any award
for benefits under subsection (c) of Section 8 or subsection
(d) of Section 8 of this Act or to approve a Settlement
Contract Lump Sum Petition.

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(Source: P.A. 97-18, eff. 6-28-11.)".