IL SB2623 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly

Illinois Senate Bill 2623 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Failed on January 13 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Provides that, with respect to the computation of compensation to be paid to an employee who had previously sustained an injury resulting in payment of compensation for partial disability for injuries not involving serious and permanent disfigurement and injuries for which the Act provides a schedule of benefits, the amount of the prior award for the partial disability with respect to the same portion of the body shall be deducted. Limits cumulative awards for partial disability to 500 weeks, which shall constitute a complete loss of use of the body as a whole. Provides that injuries to the shoulder are deemed to be injuries to the arm and injuries to the hip are deemed to be injuries to the leg. Effective immediately.

Title

WORKERS COMP-ARM-SHOULDER-COMP

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-01-13	Senate	Session Sine Die
2014-03-28	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2014-03-05	Senate	To Subcommittee on Special Issues (LC)
2014-01-29	Senate	Assigned to Labor and Commerce
2013-12-03	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jim Oberweis
2013-11-14	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Duffy
2013-11-07	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale A. Righter
2013-11-07	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2013-11-07	Senate	First Reading
2013-11-07	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kyle McCarter

Code Citations

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
820	305	8	Amended Code	Citation Text

Illinois State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2623&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=85&GA=98
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/SB/09800SB2623.htm