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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB2919

Introduced 1/27/2026, by Sen. Willie Preston

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

820 ILCS 320/10

Amends the Public Safety Employee Benefits Act. Provides that, if the
injured employee subsequently dies, the employer shall continue to pay the
entire health insurance premium for the surviving spouse (rather than the
surviving spouse until remarried) and for the dependent children under
specified conditions.
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A BILL FOR

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AN ACT concerning employment.

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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:

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Section 5.
The Public Safety Employee Benefits Act is
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amended by changing Section 10 as follows:

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(820 ILCS 320/10)
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Sec. 10.
Required health coverage benefits.
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(a) An employer who employs a full-time law enforcement,
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correctional or correctional probation officer, or
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firefighter, who, on or after the effective date of this Act
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suffers a catastrophic injury or is killed in the line of duty
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shall pay the entire premium of the employer's health
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insurance plan for the injured employee, the injured
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employee's spouse, and for each dependent child of the injured
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employee until the child reaches the age of majority or until
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the end of the calendar year in which the child reaches the age
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of 25 if the child continues to be dependent for support or the
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child is a full-time or part-time student and is dependent for
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support. An individual whose entire premium is paid in
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accordance with this Section shall be offered by the employer
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the choice of any health insurance plan available to currently
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employed full-time law enforcement, correctional or
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correctional probation officers, or firefighters. For purposes

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of plans administered under the State Employee Group Insurance
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Act of 1971, changes in coverage may only be elected during
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open enrollment or following a qualifying event. The term
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"health insurance plan" does not include supplemental benefits
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that are not part of the basic group health insurance plan. If
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the injured employee subsequently dies, the employer shall
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continue to pay the entire health insurance premium for the
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surviving spouse
until remarried
and for the dependent
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children under the conditions established in this Section.
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However:
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(1) Health insurance benefits payable from any other
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source shall reduce benefits payable under this Section.
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(2) It is unlawful for a person to willfully and
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knowingly make, or cause to be made, or to assist,
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conspire with, or urge another to make, or cause to be
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made, any false, fraudulent, or misleading oral or written
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statement to obtain health insurance coverage as provided
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under this Section. A violation of this item is a Class A
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misdemeanor.
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(3) Upon conviction for a violation described in item
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(2), a law enforcement, correctional or correctional
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probation officer, or other beneficiary who receives or
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seeks to receive health insurance benefits under this
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Section shall forfeit the right to receive health
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insurance benefits and shall reimburse the employer for
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all benefits paid due to the fraud or other prohibited

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activity. For purposes of this item, "conviction" means a
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determination of guilt that is the result of a plea or
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trial, regardless of whether adjudication is withheld.
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(b) In order for the law enforcement, correctional or
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correctional probation officer, firefighter, spouse, or
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dependent children to be eligible for insurance coverage under
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this Act, the injury or death must have occurred as the result
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of the officer's response to fresh pursuit, the officer or
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firefighter's response to what is reasonably believed to be an
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emergency, an unlawful act perpetrated by another, or during
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the investigation of a criminal act. Nothing in this Section
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shall be construed to limit health insurance coverage or
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pension benefits for which the officer, firefighter, spouse,
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or dependent children may otherwise be eligible.
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(Source: P.A. 103-340, eff. 1-1-24
.)

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