Illinois House Bill 4068 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 8 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Exempts from public inspection certain information collected by the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission from self-insureds and papers, documents, reports, or evidence relevant to a workers' compensation fraud investigation conducted by the Department of Insurance. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 regarding workers' compensation fraud penalties. Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Makes changes concerning: when an accidental injury shall not be considered to be "arising out of and in the course of employment" if the accidental injury or medical condition occurred while the claimant was traveling away from the employer's premises; the maximum compensation rate for a period of temporary total incapacity; compensation awards for injuries to the shoulder and hip; the maximum allowable payment for certain service categories; the assignment and reassignment of arbitrators to hearing sites; the creation of an evidence based drug formulary; annual reports on the state of self-insurance for workers' compensation in Illinois; and other matters. Effective immediately.

WORKERS' COMP-VARIOUS

Rep. James Durkin [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-08	House	Session Sine Die
2017-07-06	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2017-06-30	House	Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) July 7, 2017
2017-06-21	House	Motion to Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed
2017-06-21	House	Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 21 Labor & Commerce Committee; Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
2017-06-21	House	Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) June 30, 2017
2017-06-21	House	Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee
2017-06-21	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2017-06-21	House	First Reading
2017-06-14	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jim Durkin

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
5	140	7.5	Amended Code	Citation Text
720	5	17-10.4	New Code	See Bill Text
820	305	1	Amended Code	Citation Text
820	305	14	Amended Code	Citation Text
820	305	19	Amended Code	Citation Text
820	305	25.5	Amended Code	Citation Text
820	305	29.2	Amended Code	Citation Text
820	305	8	Amended Code	Citation Text
820	305	8.1b	Amended Code	Citation Text
820	305	8.2	Amended Code	Citation Text
820	305	8.2a	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4068&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/HB/10000HB4068.htm