Bill Text: IL HB3745 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the Public Employee Health Insurance During Emergencies Act. Provides that a public employee's health insurance coverage shall begin concurrent with employment if all of the following apply on the public employee's first date of employment with that public employer: the employment is in an area that is the subject of a gubernatorially or presidentially declared disaster or emergency; the declaration of disaster or emergency specifies that the disaster or emergency involves risks to the health or well-being of any individual who engages in certain activities; and among the activities posing a risk to an individual's health or well-being are activities integral to services to the public employer that the public employee is required to perform. Provides for payment of premiums.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3745 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB3745-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB3745 Introduced , by Rep. Jawaharial Williams SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Creates the Public Employee Health Insurance During Emergencies Act. Provides that a public employee's health insurance coverage shall begin concurrent with employment if all of the following apply on the public employee's first date of employment with that public employer: the employment is in an area that is the subject of a gubernatorially or presidentially declared disaster or emergency; the declaration of disaster or emergency specifies that the disaster or emergency involves risks to the health or well-being of any individual who engages in certain activities; and among the activities posing a risk to an individual's health or well-being are activities integral to services to the public employer that the public employee is required to perform. Provides for payment of premiums.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Public
Employee Health Insurance During Emergencies Act.
Section 5. Definitions. In this Act:
"Public employer" means the State, an agency or department
thereof, unit of local government, school district,
instrumentality, or political subdivision.
"Public employee" means an employee of the State, agency
or department thereof, unit of local government, school
district, instrumentality, or political subdivision. "Public
employee" does not include an employee covered by the program
of health benefits under the State Employees Group Insurance
Act of 1971.
Section 10. Insurance coverage.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any rule
to the contrary, a public employee's health insurance coverage
shall begin concurrent with employment if all of the following
apply on the public employee's first date of employment with
that public employer:
(1) The employment is in an area that is the subject of

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a gubernatorially or presidentially declared disaster or
emergency.
(2) The declaration of disaster or emergency specifies
that the disaster or emergency involves risks to the
health or well-being of any individual who engages in
certain activities.
(3) Among the activities posing a risk to an
individual's health or well-being are activities integral
to services to the public employer that the public
employee is required to perform.
(b) The premium for the first month's insurance required
under this Section shall be paid immediately. The public
employer shall pay the employer contribution. The employee
contribution may be paid by the public employer or the public
employee. If the public employer pays the employee
contribution, the public employer shall be reimbursed by a
deduction from the public employee's wages.