Bill Text: IL HB2352 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Amends the Public Safety Employee Benefits Act. Provides that "catastrophic injury" means an injury, the direct and proximate consequences of which permanently prevent an individual from performing any gainful work. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB2352 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB2352-Introduced.html

---

100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB2352 Introduced , by Rep. Jeanne M Ives SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
820 ILCS 320/3
Amends the Public Safety Employee Benefits Act. Provides that "catastrophic injury" means an injury, the direct and proximate consequences of which permanently prevent an individual from performing any gainful work. Effective immediately.
LRB100 07340 JLS 17403 b
FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
HB2352 LRB100 07340 JLS 17403 b
AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Public Safety Employee Benefits Act is
amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
(820 ILCS 320/3)
Sec. 3. Definition. For the purposes of this Act: ,
"Catastrophic injury" means an injury, the direct and
proximate consequences of which permanently prevent an
individual from performing any gainful work.
"Firefighter" the term "firefighter" includes, without
limitation, a licensed emergency medical technician (EMT) who
is a sworn member of a public fire department.
(Source: P.A. 93-569, eff. 8-20-03.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.