Bill Text: IL HB3764 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Provides that the increased percentage rate for each spouse and child for temporary total incapacity benefits, serious and permanent disfigurement benefits, and all cases other than temporary total disability benefits shall not exceed 100% of the total minimum wage calculation, nor 83 1/3% of the employee's average weekly wage, whichever is less (rather than shall not exceed 100% of the total minimum wage calculation, nor the employee's average weekly wage, whichever is less). Establishes a maximum weekly compensation rate in death cases, permanent total disability cases, temporary total disability cases, and for cases involving amputation of a member or enucleation of an eye beginning July 1, 2017 and thereafter. Establishes a minimum weekly compensation rate in permanent total disability cases beginning July 1, 2017 and thereafter. Changes the total compensation amount payable to an employee for an accidental injury not resulting in death. Makes changes to the benefit periods for accidental injuries resulting in the loss of or the permanent and complete loss of use of the thumb, fingers, or toes; the amputation of an arm, foot, or leg; the enucleation of an eye; and other injuries.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB3764 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB3764-Introduced.html


100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB3764

Introduced , by Rep. Keith R. Wheeler

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
820 ILCS 305/8 from Ch. 48, par. 138.8

Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Provides that the increased percentage rate for each spouse and child for temporary total incapacity benefits, serious and permanent disfigurement benefits, and all cases other than temporary total disability benefits shall not exceed 100% of the total minimum wage calculation, nor 83 1/3% of the employee's average weekly wage, whichever is less (rather than shall not exceed 100% of the total minimum wage calculation, nor the employee's average weekly wage, whichever is less). Establishes a maximum weekly compensation rate in death cases, permanent total disability cases, temporary total disability cases, and for cases involving amputation of a member or enucleation of an eye beginning July 1, 2017 and thereafter. Establishes a minimum weekly compensation rate in permanent total disability cases beginning July 1, 2017 and thereafter. Changes the total compensation amount payable to an employee for an accidental injury not resulting in death. Makes changes to the benefit periods for accidental injuries resulting in the loss of or the permanent and complete loss of use of the thumb, fingers, or toes; the amputation of an arm, foot, or leg; the enucleation of an eye; and other injuries.
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1 AN ACT concerning employment.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Workers' Compensation Act is amended by
5changing Section 8 as follows:
6 (820 ILCS 305/8) (from Ch. 48, par. 138.8)
7 Sec. 8. The amount of compensation which shall be paid to
8the employee for an accidental injury not resulting in death
9is:
10 (a) The employer shall provide and pay the negotiated rate,
11if applicable, or the lesser of the health care provider's
12actual charges or according to a fee schedule, subject to
13Section 8.2, in effect at the time the service was rendered for
14all the necessary first aid, medical and surgical services, and
15all necessary medical, surgical and hospital services
16thereafter incurred, limited, however, to that which is
17reasonably required to cure or relieve from the effects of the
18accidental injury, even if a health care provider sells,
19transfers, or otherwise assigns an account receivable for
20procedures, treatments, or services covered under this Act. If
21the employer does not dispute payment of first aid, medical,
22surgical, and hospital services, the employer shall make such
23payment to the provider on behalf of the employee. The employer

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1shall also pay for treatment, instruction and training
2necessary for the physical, mental and vocational
3rehabilitation of the employee, including all maintenance
4costs and expenses incidental thereto. If as a result of the
5injury the employee is unable to be self-sufficient the
6employer shall further pay for such maintenance or
7institutional care as shall be required.
8 The employee may at any time elect to secure his own
9physician, surgeon and hospital services at the employer's
10expense, or,
11 Upon agreement between the employer and the employees, or
12the employees' exclusive representative, and subject to the
13approval of the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission, the
14employer shall maintain a list of physicians, to be known as a
15Panel of Physicians, who are accessible to the employees. The
16employer shall post this list in a place or places easily
17accessible to his employees. The employee shall have the right
18to make an alternative choice of physician from such Panel if
19he is not satisfied with the physician first selected. If, due
20to the nature of the injury or its occurrence away from the
21employer's place of business, the employee is unable to make a
22selection from the Panel, the selection process from the Panel
23shall not apply. The physician selected from the Panel may
24arrange for any consultation, referral or other specialized
25medical services outside the Panel at the employer's expense.
26Provided that, in the event the Commission shall find that a

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1doctor selected by the employee is rendering improper or
2inadequate care, the Commission may order the employee to
3select another doctor certified or qualified in the medical
4field for which treatment is required. If the employee refuses
5to make such change the Commission may relieve the employer of
6his obligation to pay the doctor's charges from the date of
7refusal to the date of compliance.
8 Any vocational rehabilitation counselors who provide
9service under this Act shall have appropriate certifications
10which designate the counselor as qualified to render opinions
11relating to vocational rehabilitation. Vocational
12rehabilitation may include, but is not limited to, counseling
13for job searches, supervising a job search program, and
14vocational retraining including education at an accredited
15learning institution. The employee or employer may petition to
16the Commission to decide disputes relating to vocational
17rehabilitation and the Commission shall resolve any such
18dispute, including payment of the vocational rehabilitation
19program by the employer.
20 The maintenance benefit shall not be less than the
21temporary total disability rate determined for the employee. In
22addition, maintenance shall include costs and expenses
23incidental to the vocational rehabilitation program.
24 When the employee is working light duty on a part-time
25basis or full-time basis and earns less than he or she would be
26earning if employed in the full capacity of the job or jobs,

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1then the employee shall be entitled to temporary partial
2disability benefits. Temporary partial disability benefits
3shall be equal to two-thirds of the difference between the
4average amount that the employee would be able to earn in the
5full performance of his or her duties in the occupation in
6which he or she was engaged at the time of accident and the
7gross amount which he or she is earning in the modified job
8provided to the employee by the employer or in any other job
9that the employee is working.
10 Every hospital, physician, surgeon or other person
11rendering treatment or services in accordance with the
12provisions of this Section shall upon written request furnish
13full and complete reports thereof to, and permit their records
14to be copied by, the employer, the employee or his dependents,
15as the case may be, or any other party to any proceeding for
16compensation before the Commission, or their attorneys.
17 Notwithstanding the foregoing, the employer's liability to
18pay for such medical services selected by the employee shall be
19limited to:
20 (1) all first aid and emergency treatment; plus
21 (2) all medical, surgical and hospital services
22 provided by the physician, surgeon or hospital initially
23 chosen by the employee or by any other physician,
24 consultant, expert, institution or other provider of
25 services recommended by said initial service provider or
26 any subsequent provider of medical services in the chain of

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1 referrals from said initial service provider; plus
2 (3) all medical, surgical and hospital services
3 provided by any second physician, surgeon or hospital
4 subsequently chosen by the employee or by any other
5 physician, consultant, expert, institution or other
6 provider of services recommended by said second service
7 provider or any subsequent provider of medical services in
8 the chain of referrals from said second service provider.
9 Thereafter the employer shall select and pay for all
10 necessary medical, surgical and hospital treatment and the
11 employee may not select a provider of medical services at
12 the employer's expense unless the employer agrees to such
13 selection. At any time the employee may obtain any medical
14 treatment he desires at his own expense. This paragraph
15 shall not affect the duty to pay for rehabilitation
16 referred to above.
17 (4) The following shall apply for injuries occurring on
18 or after June 28, 2011 (the effective date of Public Act
19 97-18) and only when an employer has an approved preferred
20 provider program pursuant to Section 8.1a on the date the
21 employee sustained his or her accidental injuries:
22 (A) The employer shall, in writing, on a form
23 promulgated by the Commission, inform the employee of
24 the preferred provider program;
25 (B) Subsequent to the report of an injury by an
26 employee, the employee may choose in writing at any

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1 time to decline the preferred provider program, in
2 which case that would constitute one of the two choices
3 of medical providers to which the employee is entitled
4 under subsection (a)(2) or (a)(3); and
5 (C) Prior to the report of an injury by an
6 employee, when an employee chooses non-emergency
7 treatment from a provider not within the preferred
8 provider program, that would constitute the employee's
9 one choice of medical providers to which the employee
10 is entitled under subsection (a)(2) or (a)(3).
11 When an employer and employee so agree in writing, nothing
12in this Act prevents an employee whose injury or disability has
13been established under this Act, from relying in good faith, on
14treatment by prayer or spiritual means alone, in accordance
15with the tenets and practice of a recognized church or
16religious denomination, by a duly accredited practitioner
17thereof, and having nursing services appropriate therewith,
18without suffering loss or diminution of the compensation
19benefits under this Act. However, the employee shall submit to
20all physical examinations required by this Act. The cost of
21such treatment and nursing care shall be paid by the employee
22unless the employer agrees to make such payment.
23 Where the accidental injury results in the amputation of an
24arm, hand, leg or foot, or the enucleation of an eye, or the
25loss of any of the natural teeth, the employer shall furnish an
26artificial of any such members lost or damaged in accidental

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1injury arising out of and in the course of employment, and
2shall also furnish the necessary braces in all proper and
3necessary cases. In cases of the loss of a member or members by
4amputation, the employer shall, whenever necessary, maintain
5in good repair, refit or replace the artificial limbs during
6the lifetime of the employee. Where the accidental injury
7accompanied by physical injury results in damage to a denture,
8eye glasses or contact eye lenses, or where the accidental
9injury results in damage to an artificial member, the employer
10shall replace or repair such denture, glasses, lenses, or
11artificial member.
12 The furnishing by the employer of any such services or
13appliances is not an admission of liability on the part of the
14employer to pay compensation.
15 The furnishing of any such services or appliances or the
16servicing thereof by the employer is not the payment of
17compensation.
18 (b) If the period of temporary total incapacity for work
19lasts more than 3 working days, weekly compensation as
20hereinafter provided shall be paid beginning on the 4th day of
21such temporary total incapacity and continuing as long as the
22total temporary incapacity lasts. In cases where the temporary
23total incapacity for work continues for a period of 14 days or
24more from the day of the accident compensation shall commence
25on the day after the accident.
26 1. The compensation rate for temporary total

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1 incapacity under this paragraph (b) of this Section shall
2 be equal to 66 2/3% of the employee's average weekly wage
3 computed in accordance with Section 10, provided that it
4 shall be not less than 66 2/3% of the sum of the Federal
5 minimum wage under the Fair Labor Standards Act, or the
6 Illinois minimum wage under the Minimum Wage Law, whichever
7 is more, multiplied by 40 hours. This percentage rate shall
8 be increased by 10% for each spouse and child, not to
9 exceed 100% of the total minimum wage calculation, nor to
10 exceed 83 1/3% of the employee's average weekly wage
11 computed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10,
12 whichever is less.
13 2. The compensation rate in all cases other than for
14 temporary total disability under this paragraph (b), and
15 other than for serious and permanent disfigurement under
16 paragraph (c) and other than for permanent partial
17 disability under subparagraph (2) of paragraph (d) or under
18 paragraph (e), of this Section shall be equal to 66 2/3% of
19 the employee's average weekly wage computed in accordance
20 with the provisions of Section 10, provided that it shall
21 be not less than 66 2/3% of the sum of the Federal minimum
22 wage under the Fair Labor Standards Act, or the Illinois
23 minimum wage under the Minimum Wage Law, whichever is more,
24 multiplied by 40 hours. This percentage rate shall be
25 increased by 10% for each spouse and child, not to exceed
26 100% of the total minimum wage calculation, nor to exceed

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1 83 1/3% of the employee's average weekly wage computed in
2 accordance with the provisions of Section 10, whichever is
3 less.
4 2.1. The compensation rate in all cases of serious and
5 permanent disfigurement under paragraph (c) and of
6 permanent partial disability under subparagraph (2) of
7 paragraph (d) or under paragraph (e) of this Section shall
8 be equal to 60% of the employee's average weekly wage
9 computed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10,
10 provided that it shall be not less than 66 2/3% of the sum
11 of the Federal minimum wage under the Fair Labor Standards
12 Act, or the Illinois minimum wage under the Minimum Wage
13 Law, whichever is more, multiplied by 40 hours. This
14 percentage rate shall be increased by 10% for each spouse
15 and child, not to exceed 100% of the total minimum wage
16 calculation, nor to exceed 83 1/3% of the employee's
17 average weekly wage computed in accordance with the
18 provisions of Section 10, whichever is less.
19 3. As used in this Section the term "child" means a
20 child of the employee including any child legally adopted
21 before the accident or whom at the time of the accident the
22 employee was under legal obligation to support or to whom
23 the employee stood in loco parentis, and who at the time of
24 the accident was under 18 years of age and not emancipated.
25 The term "children" means the plural of "child".
26 4. All weekly compensation rates provided under

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1 subparagraphs 1, 2 and 2.1 of this paragraph (b) of this
2 Section shall be subject to the following limitations:
3 The maximum weekly compensation rate from July 1, 1975,
4 except as hereinafter provided, shall be 100% of the
5 State's average weekly wage in covered industries under the
6 Unemployment Insurance Act, that being the wage that most
7 closely approximates the State's average weekly wage.
8 The maximum weekly compensation rate, for the period
9 July 1, 1984, through June 30, 1987, except as hereinafter
10 provided, shall be $293.61. Effective July 1, 1987 and on
11 July 1 of each year thereafter the maximum weekly
12 compensation rate, except as hereinafter provided, shall
13 be determined as follows: if during the preceding 12 month
14 period there shall have been an increase in the State's
15 average weekly wage in covered industries under the
16 Unemployment Insurance Act, the weekly compensation rate
17 shall be proportionately increased by the same percentage
18 as the percentage of increase in the State's average weekly
19 wage in covered industries under the Unemployment
20 Insurance Act during such period.
21 The maximum weekly compensation rate, for the period
22 January 1, 1981 through December 31, 1983, except as
23 hereinafter provided, shall be 100% of the State's average
24 weekly wage in covered industries under the Unemployment
25 Insurance Act in effect on January 1, 1981. Effective
26 January 1, 1984 and on January 1, of each year thereafter

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1 the maximum weekly compensation rate, except as
2 hereinafter provided, shall be determined as follows: if
3 during the preceding 12 month period there shall have been
4 an increase in the State's average weekly wage in covered
5 industries under the Unemployment Insurance Act, the
6 weekly compensation rate shall be proportionately
7 increased by the same percentage as the percentage of
8 increase in the State's average weekly wage in covered
9 industries under the Unemployment Insurance Act during
10 such period.
11 From July 1, 1977 through June 30, 2017, and thereafter
12 such maximum weekly compensation rate in death cases under
13 Section 7, and permanent total disability cases under
14 paragraph (f) or subparagraph 18 of paragraph (3) of this
15 Section and for temporary total disability under paragraph
16 (b) of this Section and for amputation of a member or
17 enucleation of an eye under paragraph (e) of this Section
18 shall be increased to 133-1/3% of the State's average
19 weekly wage in covered industries under the Unemployment
20 Insurance Act.
21 From July 1, 2017 and thereafter, such maximum weekly
22 compensation rate in death cases under Section 7, and
23 permanent total disability cases under paragraph (f) or
24 subparagraph 18 of paragraph (3) of this Section and for
25 temporary total disability under paragraph (b) of this
26 Section and for amputation of a member or enucleation of an

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1 eye under paragraph (e) of this Section shall be 100% of
2 the State's average weekly wage in covered industries under
3 the Unemployment Insurance Act.
4 From July 1, 2017 and thereafter, the minimum weekly
5 compensation rate in permanent total disability cases
6 under paragraph (f) or subparagraph 18 of paragraph (3) of
7 this Section shall be the State's average weekly wage in
8 covered industries under the Unemployment Insurance Act or
9 the employee's average weekly wage computed in accordance
10 with the provisions of Section 10, whichever is less.
11 For injuries occurring on or after February 1, 2006,
12 the maximum weekly benefit under paragraph (d)1 of this
13 Section shall be 100% of the State's average weekly wage in
14 covered industries under the Unemployment Insurance Act.
15 4.1. Any provision herein to the contrary
16 notwithstanding, the weekly compensation rate for
17 compensation payments under subparagraph 18 of paragraph
18 (e) of this Section and under paragraph (f) of this Section
19 and under paragraph (a) of Section 7 and for amputation of
20 a member or enucleation of an eye under paragraph (e) of
21 this Section, shall in no event be less than 50% of the
22 State's average weekly wage in covered industries under the
23 Unemployment Insurance Act.
24 4.2. Any provision to the contrary notwithstanding,
25 the total compensation payable under Section 7 shall not
26 exceed the greater of $400,000 $500,000 or 20 25 years.

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1 5. For the purpose of this Section this State's average
2 weekly wage in covered industries under the Unemployment
3 Insurance Act on July 1, 1975 is hereby fixed at $228.16
4 per week and the computation of compensation rates shall be
5 based on the aforesaid average weekly wage until modified
6 as hereinafter provided.
7 6. The Department of Employment Security of the State
8 shall on or before the first day of December, 1977, and on
9 or before the first day of June, 1978, and on the first day
10 of each December and June of each year thereafter, publish
11 the State's average weekly wage in covered industries under
12 the Unemployment Insurance Act and the Illinois Workers'
13 Compensation Commission shall on the 15th day of January,
14 1978 and on the 15th day of July, 1978 and on the 15th day
15 of each January and July of each year thereafter, post and
16 publish the State's average weekly wage in covered
17 industries under the Unemployment Insurance Act as last
18 determined and published by the Department of Employment
19 Security. The amount when so posted and published shall be
20 conclusive and shall be applicable as the basis of
21 computation of compensation rates until the next posting
22 and publication as aforesaid.
23 7. The payment of compensation by an employer or his
24 insurance carrier to an injured employee shall not
25 constitute an admission of the employer's liability to pay
26 compensation.

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1 (c) For any serious and permanent disfigurement to the
2hand, head, face, neck, arm, leg below the knee or the chest
3above the axillary line, the employee is entitled to
4compensation for such disfigurement, the amount determined by
5agreement at any time or by arbitration under this Act, at a
6hearing not less than 6 months after the date of the accidental
7injury, which amount shall not exceed 150 weeks (if the
8accidental injury occurs on or after the effective date of this
9amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly but before February
101, 2006) or 162 weeks (if the accidental injury occurs on or
11after February 1, 2006 but before the effective date of this
12amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly) or 150 weeks (if
13the accidental injury occurs on or after the effective date of
14this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly) at the
15applicable rate provided in subparagraph 2.1 of paragraph (b)
16of this Section.
17 No compensation is payable under this paragraph where
18compensation is payable under paragraphs (d), (e) or (f) of
19this Section.
20 A duly appointed member of a fire department in a city, the
21population of which exceeds 500,000 according to the last
22federal or State census, is eligible for compensation under
23this paragraph only where such serious and permanent
24disfigurement results from burns.
25 (d) 1. If, after the accidental injury has been sustained,
26the employee as a result thereof becomes partially

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1incapacitated from pursuing his usual and customary line of
2employment, he shall, except in cases compensated under the
3specific schedule set forth in paragraph (e) of this Section,
4receive compensation for the duration of his disability,
5subject to the limitations as to maximum amounts fixed in
6paragraph (b) of this Section, equal to 66-2/3% of the
7difference between the average amount which he would be able to
8earn in the full performance of his duties in the occupation in
9which he was engaged at the time of the accident and the
10average amount which he is earning or is able to earn in some
11suitable employment or business after the accident. For
12accidental injuries that occur on or after September 1, 2011,
13an award for wage differential under this subsection shall be
14effective only until the employee reaches the age of 67 or 5
15years from the date the award becomes final, whichever is
16later.
17 2. If, as a result of the accident, the employee sustains
18serious and permanent injuries not covered by paragraphs (c)
19and (e) of this Section or having sustained injuries covered by
20the aforesaid paragraphs (c) and (e), he shall have sustained
21in addition thereto other injuries which injuries do not
22incapacitate him from pursuing the duties of his employment but
23which would disable him from pursuing other suitable
24occupations, or which have otherwise resulted in physical
25impairment; or if such injuries partially incapacitate him from
26pursuing the duties of his usual and customary line of

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1employment but do not result in an impairment of earning
2capacity, or having resulted in an impairment of earning
3capacity, the employee elects to waive his right to recover
4under the foregoing subparagraph 1 of paragraph (d) of this
5Section then in any of the foregoing events, he shall receive
6in addition to compensation for temporary total disability
7under paragraph (b) of this Section, compensation at the rate
8provided in subparagraph 2.1 of paragraph (b) of this Section
9for that percentage of 500 weeks that the partial disability
10resulting from the injuries covered by this paragraph bears to
11total disability. If the employee shall have sustained a
12fracture of one or more vertebra or fracture of the skull, the
13amount of compensation allowed under this Section shall be not
14less than 6 weeks for a fractured skull and 6 weeks for each
15fractured vertebra, and in the event the employee shall have
16sustained a fracture of any of the following facial bones:
17nasal, lachrymal, vomer, zygoma, maxilla, palatine or
18mandible, the amount of compensation allowed under this Section
19shall be not less than 2 weeks for each such fractured bone,
20and for a fracture of each transverse process not less than 3
21weeks. In the event such injuries shall result in the loss of a
22kidney, spleen or lung, the amount of compensation allowed
23under this Section shall be not less than 10 weeks for each
24such organ. Compensation awarded under this subparagraph 2
25shall not take into consideration injuries covered under
26paragraphs (c) and (e) of this Section and the compensation

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1provided in this paragraph shall not affect the employee's
2right to compensation payable under paragraphs (b), (c) and (e)
3of this Section for the disabilities therein covered.
4 (e) For accidental injuries in the following schedule, the
5employee shall receive compensation for the period of temporary
6total incapacity for work resulting from such accidental
7injury, under subparagraph 1 of paragraph (b) of this Section,
8and shall receive in addition thereto compensation for a
9further period for the specific loss herein mentioned, but
10shall not receive any compensation under any other provisions
11of this Act. The following listed amounts apply to either the
12loss of or the permanent and complete loss of use of the member
13specified, such compensation for the length of time as follows:
14 1. Thumb-
15 70 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
16 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
17 94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.
18 76 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
19 after February 1, 2006 but before the effective date of
20 this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly.
21 70 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
22 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
23 100th General Assembly.
24 2. First, or index finger-
25 40 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
26 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the

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1 94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.
2 43 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
3 after February 1, 2006 but before the effective date of
4 this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly.
5 40 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
6 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
7 100th General Assembly.
8 3. Second, or middle finger-
9 35 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
10 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
11 94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.
12 38 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
13 after February 1, 2006 but before the effective date of
14 this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly.
15 35 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
16 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
17 100th General Assembly.
18 4. Third, or ring finger-
19 25 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
20 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
21 94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.
22 27 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
23 after February 1, 2006 but before the effective date of
24 this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly.
25 25 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
26 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the

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1 100th General Assembly.
2 5. Fourth, or little finger-
3 20 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
4 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
5 94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.
6 22 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
7 after February 1, 2006 but before the effective date of
8 this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly.
9 20 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
10 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
11 100th General Assembly.
12 6. Great toe-
13 35 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
14 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
15 94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.
16 38 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
17 after February 1, 2006 but before the effective date of
18 this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly.
19 35 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
20 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
21 100th General Assembly.
22 7. Each toe other than great toe-
23 12 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
24 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
25 94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.
26 13 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or

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1 after February 1, 2006 but before the effective date of
2 this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly.
3 13 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
4 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
5 100th General Assembly.
6 8. The loss of the first or distal phalanx of the thumb
7 or of any finger or toe shall be considered to be equal to
8 the loss of one-half of such thumb, finger or toe and the
9 compensation payable shall be one-half of the amount above
10 specified. The loss of more than one phalanx shall be
11 considered as the loss of the entire thumb, finger or toe.
12 In no case shall the amount received for more than one
13 finger exceed the amount provided in this schedule for the
14 loss of a hand.
15 9. Hand-
16 190 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
17 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
18 94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.
19 205 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
20 after February 1, 2006 but before the effective date of
21 this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly.
22 190 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
23 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
24 100th General Assembly.
25 190 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
26 after June 28, 2011 (the effective date of Public Act

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1 97-18) and if the accidental injury involves carpal
2 tunnel syndrome due to repetitive or cumulative
3 trauma, in which case the permanent partial disability
4 shall not exceed 15% loss of use of the hand, except
5 for cause shown by clear and convincing evidence and in
6 which case the award shall not exceed 30% loss of use
7 of the hand.
8 The loss of 2 or more digits, or one or more phalanges
9 of 2 or more digits, of a hand may be compensated on the
10 basis of partial loss of use of a hand, provided, further,
11 that the loss of 4 digits, or the loss of use of 4 digits,
12 in the same hand shall constitute the complete loss of a
13 hand.
14 10. Arm-
15 235 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
16 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
17 94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.
18 253 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
19 after February 1, 2006 but before the effective date of
20 this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly.
21 235 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
22 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
23 100th General Assembly.
24 Where an accidental injury results in the amputation of
25 an arm below the elbow, such injury shall be compensated as
26 a loss of an arm. Where an accidental injury results in the

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1 amputation of an arm above the elbow, compensation for an
2 additional 15 weeks (if the accidental injury occurs on or
3 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th
4 General Assembly but before February 1, 2006) or an
5 additional 17 weeks (if the accidental injury occurs on or
6 after February 1, 2006 but before the effective date of
7 this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly) or an
8 additional 15 weeks (if the accidental injury occurs on or
9 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
10 100th General Assembly) shall be paid, except where the
11 accidental injury results in the amputation of an arm at
12 the shoulder joint, or so close to shoulder joint that an
13 artificial arm cannot be used, or results in the
14 disarticulation of an arm at the shoulder joint, in which
15 case compensation for an additional 65 weeks (if the
16 accidental injury occurs on or after the effective date of
17 this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly but before
18 February 1, 2006) or an additional 70 weeks (if the
19 accidental injury occurs on or after February 1, 2006 but
20 before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
21 100th General Assembly) or an additional 65 weeks (if the
22 accidental injury occurs on or after the effective date of
23 this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly) shall be
24 paid.
25 11. Foot-
26 155 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or

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1 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
2 94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.
3 167 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
4 after February 1, 2006 but before the effective date of
5 this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly.
6 155 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
7 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
8 100th General Assembly.
9 12. Leg-
10 200 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
11 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
12 94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.
13 215 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
14 after February 1, 2006 but before the effective date of
15 this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly.
16 200 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
17 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
18 100th General Assembly.
19 Where an accidental injury results in the amputation of
20 a leg below the knee, such injury shall be compensated as
21 loss of a leg. Where an accidental injury results in the
22 amputation of a leg above the knee, compensation for an
23 additional 25 weeks (if the accidental injury occurs on or
24 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th
25 General Assembly but before February 1, 2006) or an
26 additional 27 weeks (if the accidental injury occurs on or

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1 after February 1, 2006 but before the effective date of
2 this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly) or an
3 additional 25 weeks (if the accidental injury occurs on or
4 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
5 100th General Assembly) shall be paid, except where the
6 accidental injury results in the amputation of a leg at the
7 hip joint, or so close to the hip joint that an artificial
8 leg cannot be used, or results in the disarticulation of a
9 leg at the hip joint, in which case compensation for an
10 additional 75 weeks (if the accidental injury occurs on or
11 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th
12 General Assembly but before February 1, 2006) or an
13 additional 81 weeks (if the accidental injury occurs on or
14 after February 1, 2006 but before the effective date of
15 this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly) or an
16 additional 75 weeks (if the accidental injury occurs on or
17 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
18 100th General Assembly) shall be paid.
19 13. Eye-
20 150 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
21 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
22 94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.
23 162 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
24 after February 1, 2006 but before the effective date of
25 this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly.
26 150 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or

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1 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
2 100th General Assembly.
3 Where an accidental injury results in the enucleation
4 of an eye, compensation for an additional 10 weeks (if the
5 accidental injury occurs on or after the effective date of
6 this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly but before
7 February 1, 2006) or an additional 11 weeks (if the
8 accidental injury occurs on or after February 1, 2006 but
9 before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
10 100th General Assembly) or an additional 10 weeks (if the
11 accidental injury occurs on or after the effective date of
12 this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly) shall be
13 paid.
14 14. Loss of hearing of one ear-
15 50 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
16 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
17 94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.
18 54 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
19 after February 1, 2006 but before the effective date of
20 this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly.
21 50 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
22 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
23 100th General Assembly.
24 Total and permanent loss of hearing of both ears-
25 200 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
26 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the

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1 94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.
2 215 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
3 after February 1, 2006 but before the effective date of
4 this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly.
5 200 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
6 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
7 100th General Assembly.
8 15. Testicle-
9 50 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
10 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
11 94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.
12 54 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
13 after February 1, 2006 but before the effective date of
14 this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly.
15 50 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
16 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
17 100th General Assembly.
18 Both testicles-
19 150 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
20 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
21 94th General Assembly but before February 1, 2006.
22 162 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
23 after February 1, 2006 but before the effective date of
24 this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly.
25 150 weeks if the accidental injury occurs on or
26 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the

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1 100th General Assembly.
2 16. For the permanent partial loss of use of a member
3 or sight of an eye, or hearing of an ear, compensation
4 during that proportion of the number of weeks in the
5 foregoing schedule provided for the loss of such member or
6 sight of an eye, or hearing of an ear, which the partial
7 loss of use thereof bears to the total loss of use of such
8 member, or sight of eye, or hearing of an ear.
9 (a) Loss of hearing for compensation purposes
10 shall be confined to the frequencies of 1,000, 2,000
11 and 3,000 cycles per second. Loss of hearing ability
12 for frequency tones above 3,000 cycles per second are
13 not to be considered as constituting disability for
14 hearing.
15 (b) The percent of hearing loss, for purposes of
16 the determination of compensation claims for
17 occupational deafness, shall be calculated as the
18 average in decibels for the thresholds of hearing for
19 the frequencies of 1,000, 2,000 and 3,000 cycles per
20 second. Pure tone air conduction audiometric
21 instruments, approved by nationally recognized
22 authorities in this field, shall be used for measuring
23 hearing loss. If the losses of hearing average 30
24 decibels or less in the 3 frequencies, such losses of
25 hearing shall not then constitute any compensable
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1 decibels or more in the 3 frequencies, then the same
2 shall constitute and be total or 100% compensable
3 hearing loss.
4 (c) In measuring hearing impairment, the lowest
5 measured losses in each of the 3 frequencies shall be
6 added together and divided by 3 to determine the
7 average decibel loss. For every decibel of loss
8 exceeding 30 decibels an allowance of 1.82% shall be
9 made up to the maximum of 100% which is reached at 85
10 decibels.
11 (d) If a hearing loss is established to have
12 existed on July 1, 1975 by audiometric testing the
13 employer shall not be liable for the previous loss so
14 established nor shall he be liable for any loss for
15 which compensation has been paid or awarded.
16 (e) No consideration shall be given to the question
17 of whether or not the ability of an employee to
18 understand speech is improved by the use of a hearing
19 aid.
20 (f) No claim for loss of hearing due to industrial
21 noise shall be brought against an employer or allowed
22 unless the employee has been exposed for a period of
23 time sufficient to cause permanent impairment to noise
24 levels in excess of the following:
25Sound Level DBA
26Slow ResponseHours Per Day

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1908
2926
3954
4973
51002
61021-1/2
71051
81101/2
91151/4
10 This subparagraph (f) shall not be applied in cases of
11 hearing loss resulting from trauma or explosion.
12 17. In computing the compensation to be paid to any
13 employee who, before the accident for which he claims
14 compensation, had before that time sustained an injury
15 resulting in the loss by amputation or partial loss by
16 amputation of any member, including hand, arm, thumb or
17 fingers, leg, foot or any toes, such loss or partial loss
18 of any such member shall be deducted from any award made
19 for the subsequent injury. For the permanent loss of use or
20 the permanent partial loss of use of any such member or the
21 partial loss of sight of an eye, for which compensation has
22 been paid, then such loss shall be taken into consideration
23 and deducted from any award for the subsequent injury.
24 18. The specific case of loss of both hands, both arms,
25 or both feet, or both legs, or both eyes, or of any two
26 thereof, or the permanent and complete loss of the use

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1 thereof, constitutes total and permanent disability, to be
2 compensated according to the compensation fixed by
3 paragraph (f) of this Section. These specific cases of
4 total and permanent disability do not exclude other cases.
5 Any employee who has previously suffered the loss or
6 permanent and complete loss of the use of any of such
7 members, and in a subsequent independent accident loses
8 another or suffers the permanent and complete loss of the
9 use of any one of such members the employer for whom the
10 injured employee is working at the time of the last
11 independent accident is liable to pay compensation only for
12 the loss or permanent and complete loss of the use of the
13 member occasioned by the last independent accident.
14 19. In a case of specific loss and the subsequent death
15 of such injured employee from other causes than such injury
16 leaving a widow, widower, or dependents surviving before
17 payment or payment in full for such injury, then the amount
18 due for such injury is payable to the widow or widower and,
19 if there be no widow or widower, then to such dependents,
20 in the proportion which such dependency bears to total
21 dependency.
22 Beginning July 1, 1980, and every 6 months thereafter, the
23Commission shall examine the Second Injury Fund and when, after
24deducting all advances or loans made to such Fund, the amount
25therein is $500,000 then the amount required to be paid by
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1reduced by one-half. When the Second Injury Fund reaches the
2sum of $600,000 then the payments shall cease entirely.
3However, when the Second Injury Fund has been reduced to
4$400,000, payment of one-half of the amounts required by
5paragraph (f) of Section 7 shall be resumed, in the manner
6herein provided, and when the Second Injury Fund has been
7reduced to $300,000, payment of the full amounts required by
8paragraph (f) of Section 7 shall be resumed, in the manner
9herein provided. The Commission shall make the changes in
10payment effective by general order, and the changes in payment
11become immediately effective for all cases coming before the
12Commission thereafter either by settlement agreement or final
13order, irrespective of the date of the accidental injury.
14 On August 1, 1996 and on February 1 and August 1 of each
15subsequent year, the Commission shall examine the special fund
16designated as the "Rate Adjustment Fund" and when, after
17deducting all advances or loans made to said fund, the amount
18therein is $4,000,000, the amount required to be paid by
19employers pursuant to paragraph (f) of Section 7 shall be
20reduced by one-half. When the Rate Adjustment Fund reaches the
21sum of $5,000,000 the payment therein shall cease entirely.
22However, when said Rate Adjustment Fund has been reduced to
23$3,000,000 the amounts required by paragraph (f) of Section 7
24shall be resumed in the manner herein provided.
25 (f) In case of complete disability, which renders the
26employee wholly and permanently incapable of work, or in the

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1specific case of total and permanent disability as provided in
2subparagraph 18 of paragraph (e) of this Section, compensation
3shall be payable at the rate provided in subparagraph 2 of
4paragraph (b) of this Section for life.
5 An employee entitled to benefits under paragraph (f) of
6this Section shall also be entitled to receive from the Rate
7Adjustment Fund provided in paragraph (f) of Section 7 of the
8supplementary benefits provided in paragraph (g) of this
9Section 8.
10 If any employee who receives an award under this paragraph
11afterwards returns to work or is able to do so, and earns or is
12able to earn as much as before the accident, payments under
13such award shall cease. If such employee returns to work, or is
14able to do so, and earns or is able to earn part but not as much
15as before the accident, such award shall be modified so as to
16conform to an award under paragraph (d) of this Section. If
17such award is terminated or reduced under the provisions of
18this paragraph, such employees have the right at any time
19within 30 months after the date of such termination or
20reduction to file petition with the Commission for the purpose
21of determining whether any disability exists as a result of the
22original accidental injury and the extent thereof.
23 Disability as enumerated in subdivision 18, paragraph (e)
24of this Section is considered complete disability.
25 If an employee who had previously incurred loss or the
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1loss or the permanent and complete loss of the use of one hand,
2one arm, one foot, one leg, or one eye, incurs permanent and
3complete disability through the loss or the permanent and
4complete loss of the use of another member, he shall receive,
5in addition to the compensation payable by the employer and
6after such payments have ceased, an amount from the Second
7Injury Fund provided for in paragraph (f) of Section 7, which,
8together with the compensation payable from the employer in
9whose employ he was when the last accidental injury was
10incurred, will equal the amount payable for permanent and
11complete disability as provided in this paragraph of this
12Section.
13 The custodian of the Second Injury Fund provided for in
14paragraph (f) of Section 7 shall be joined with the employer as
15a party respondent in the application for adjustment of claim.
16The application for adjustment of claim shall state briefly and
17in general terms the approximate time and place and manner of
18the loss of the first member.
19 In its award the Commission or the Arbitrator shall
20specifically find the amount the injured employee shall be
21weekly paid, the number of weeks compensation which shall be
22paid by the employer, the date upon which payments begin out of
23the Second Injury Fund provided for in paragraph (f) of Section
247 of this Act, the length of time the weekly payments continue,
25the date upon which the pension payments commence and the
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1after the date upon which payments out of the Second Injury
2Fund have begun as provided in the award, and every month
3thereafter, prepare and submit to the State Comptroller a
4voucher for payment for all compensation accrued to that date
5at the rate fixed by the Commission. The State Comptroller
6shall draw a warrant to the injured employee along with a
7receipt to be executed by the injured employee and returned to
8the Commission. The endorsed warrant and receipt is a full and
9complete acquittance to the Commission for the payment out of
10the Second Injury Fund. No other appropriation or warrant is
11necessary for payment out of the Second Injury Fund. The Second
12Injury Fund is appropriated for the purpose of making payments
13according to the terms of the awards.
14 As of July 1, 1980 to July 1, 1982, all claims against and
15obligations of the Second Injury Fund shall become claims
16against and obligations of the Rate Adjustment Fund to the
17extent there is insufficient money in the Second Injury Fund to
18pay such claims and obligations. In that case, all references
19to "Second Injury Fund" in this Section shall also include the
20Rate Adjustment Fund.
21 (g) Every award for permanent total disability entered by
22the Commission on and after July 1, 1965 under which
23compensation payments shall become due and payable after the
24effective date of this amendatory Act, and every award for
25death benefits or permanent total disability entered by the
26Commission on and after the effective date of this amendatory

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1Act shall be subject to annual adjustments as to the amount of
2the compensation rate therein provided. Such adjustments shall
3first be made on July 15, 1977, and all awards made and entered
4prior to July 1, 1975 and on July 15 of each year thereafter.
5In all other cases such adjustment shall be made on July 15 of
6the second year next following the date of the entry of the
7award and shall further be made on July 15 annually thereafter.
8If during the intervening period from the date of the entry of
9the award, or the last periodic adjustment, there shall have
10been an increase in the State's average weekly wage in covered
11industries under the Unemployment Insurance Act, the weekly
12compensation rate shall be proportionately increased by the
13same percentage as the percentage of increase in the State's
14average weekly wage in covered industries under the
15Unemployment Insurance Act. The increase in the compensation
16rate under this paragraph shall in no event bring the total
17compensation rate to an amount greater than the prevailing
18maximum rate at the time that the annual adjustment is made.
19Such increase shall be paid in the same manner as herein
20provided for payments under the Second Injury Fund to the
21injured employee, or his dependents, as the case may be, out of
22the Rate Adjustment Fund provided in paragraph (f) of Section 7
23of this Act. Payments shall be made at the same intervals as
24provided in the award or, at the option of the Commission, may
25be made in quarterly payment on the 15th day of January, April,
26July and October of each year. In the event of a decrease in

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1such average weekly wage there shall be no change in the then
2existing compensation rate. The within paragraph shall not
3apply to cases where there is disputed liability and in which a
4compromise lump sum settlement between the employer and the
5injured employee, or his dependents, as the case may be, has
6been duly approved by the Illinois Workers' Compensation
7Commission.
8 Provided, that in cases of awards entered by the Commission
9for injuries occurring before July 1, 1975, the increases in
10the compensation rate adjusted under the foregoing provision of
11this paragraph (g) shall be limited to increases in the State's
12average weekly wage in covered industries under the
13Unemployment Insurance Act occurring after July 1, 1975.
14 For every accident occurring on or after July 20, 2005 but
15before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th
16General Assembly (Senate Bill 1283 of the 94th General
17Assembly), the annual adjustments to the compensation rate in
18awards for death benefits or permanent total disability, as
19provided in this Act, shall be paid by the employer. The
20adjustment shall be made by the employer on July 15 of the
21second year next following the date of the entry of the award
22and shall further be made on July 15 annually thereafter. If
23during the intervening period from the date of the entry of the
24award, or the last periodic adjustment, there shall have been
25an increase in the State's average weekly wage in covered
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1shall increase the weekly compensation rate proportionately by
2the same percentage as the percentage of increase in the
3State's average weekly wage in covered industries under the
4Unemployment Insurance Act. The increase in the compensation
5rate under this paragraph shall in no event bring the total
6compensation rate to an amount greater than the prevailing
7maximum rate at the time that the annual adjustment is made. In
8the event of a decrease in such average weekly wage there shall
9be no change in the then existing compensation rate. Such
10increase shall be paid by the employer in the same manner and
11at the same intervals as the payment of compensation in the
12award. This paragraph shall not apply to cases where there is
13disputed liability and in which a compromise lump sum
14settlement between the employer and the injured employee, or
15his or her dependents, as the case may be, has been duly
16approved by the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission.
17 The annual adjustments for every award of death benefits or
18permanent total disability involving accidents occurring
19before July 20, 2005 and accidents occurring on or after the
20effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
21Assembly (Senate Bill 1283 of the 94th General Assembly) shall
22continue to be paid from the Rate Adjustment Fund pursuant to
23this paragraph and Section 7(f) of this Act.
24 (h) In case death occurs from any cause before the total
25compensation to which the employee would have been entitled has
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1child, parent (or any grandchild, grandparent or other lineal
2heir or any collateral heir dependent at the time of the
3accident upon the earnings of the employee to the extent of 50%
4or more of total dependency) such compensation shall be paid to
5the beneficiaries of the deceased employee and distributed as
6provided in paragraph (g) of Section 7.
7 (h-1) In case an injured employee is under legal disability
8at the time when any right or privilege accrues to him or her
9under this Act, a guardian may be appointed pursuant to law,
10and may, on behalf of such person under legal disability, claim
11and exercise any such right or privilege with the same effect
12as if the employee himself or herself had claimed or exercised
13the right or privilege. No limitations of time provided by this
14Act run so long as the employee who is under legal disability
15is without a conservator or guardian.
16 (i) In case the injured employee is under 16 years of age
17at the time of the accident and is illegally employed, the
18amount of compensation payable under paragraphs (b), (c), (d),
19(e) and (f) of this Section is increased 50%.
20 However, where an employer has on file an employment
21certificate issued pursuant to the Child Labor Law or work
22permit issued pursuant to the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act,
23as amended, or a birth certificate properly and duly issued,
24such certificate, permit or birth certificate is conclusive
25evidence as to the age of the injured minor employee for the
26purposes of this Section.

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1 Nothing herein contained repeals or amends the provisions
2of the Child Labor Law relating to the employment of minors
3under the age of 16 years.
4 (j) 1. In the event the injured employee receives benefits,
5including medical, surgical or hospital benefits under any
6group plan covering non-occupational disabilities contributed
7to wholly or partially by the employer, which benefits should
8not have been payable if any rights of recovery existed under
9this Act, then such amounts so paid to the employee from any
10such group plan as shall be consistent with, and limited to,
11the provisions of paragraph 2 hereof, shall be credited to or
12against any compensation payment for temporary total
13incapacity for work or any medical, surgical or hospital
14benefits made or to be made under this Act. In such event, the
15period of time for giving notice of accidental injury and
16filing application for adjustment of claim does not commence to
17run until the termination of such payments. This paragraph does
18not apply to payments made under any group plan which would
19have been payable irrespective of an accidental injury under
20this Act. Any employer receiving such credit shall keep such
21employee safe and harmless from any and all claims or
22liabilities that may be made against him by reason of having
23received such payments only to the extent of such credit.
24 Any excess benefits paid to or on behalf of a State
25employee by the State Employees' Retirement System under
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1disputed disability claim shall be credited against any
2payments made or to be made by the State of Illinois to or on
3behalf of such employee under this Act, except for payments for
4medical expenses which have already been incurred at the time
5of the award. The State of Illinois shall directly reimburse
6the State Employees' Retirement System to the extent of such
7credit.
8 2. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to give
9the employer or the insurance carrier the right to credit for
10any benefits or payments received by the employee other than
11compensation payments provided by this Act, and where the
12employee receives payments other than compensation payments,
13whether as full or partial salary, group insurance benefits,
14bonuses, annuities or any other payments, the employer or
15insurance carrier shall receive credit for each such payment
16only to the extent of the compensation that would have been
17payable during the period covered by such payment.
18 3. The extension of time for the filing of an Application
19for Adjustment of Claim as provided in paragraph 1 above shall
20not apply to those cases where the time for such filing had
21expired prior to the date on which payments or benefits
22enumerated herein have been initiated or resumed. Provided
23however that this paragraph 3 shall apply only to cases wherein
24the payments or benefits hereinabove enumerated shall be
25received after July 1, 1969.
26(Source: P.A. 97-18, eff. 6-28-11; 97-268, eff. 8-8-11; 97-813,

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1eff. 7-13-12.)
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