Comments: IL SB1735 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly
Bill Title: Amends provisions of the Workers' Compensation Act and the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act providing that the disability of a firefighter, emergency medical technician, or paramedic resulting from a condition or health impairment that results directly or indirectly from any bloodborne pathogen, lung or respiratory disease or condition, heart or vascular disease or condition, hypertension, tuberculosis, or cancer is rebuttably presumed to arise out of and in the course of employment and to be causally connected to the hazards or exposures of the employment. Provides that the presumption does not apply to a condition or impairment of health that results from any cancer, lung or respiratory disease or condition, or heart or vascular disease or condition if the employee used cigarettes or other tobacco products within the 60-month period preceding the filing of an Application for Adjustment of Claim.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-13 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB1735 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-13 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB1735 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
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