{"id":"DUT-IL-006","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Illinois","state":"IL","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Illinois General Assembly (Workers\u0027 Occupational Diseases Act as amended)","authority":"Workers\u0027 Occupational Diseases Act, 820 ILCS 310","instrument":"820 ILCS 310/1(g) (codified COVID-19 presumption)","title":"Codified text of the COVID-19 first-responder and front-line-worker presumption, its definition reaching employees of every essential business under Executive Order 2020-10, and the employer\u0027s rebuttal conditions","dateIssued":"2026-09-28","effective":"2020-06-05 (diagnoses from March 9, 2020)","end":"presumption window closed for diagnoses after June 30, 2021","startDate":"2020-06-05","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["EMP","COND","DUTY"],"addressees":["employers of essential-business employees with public contact or at locations of more than fifteen employees; health care, first-responder and corrections employers"],"clause":"any individuals employed by essential businesses and operations as defined in Executive Order 2020-10 dated March 20, 2020, as long as individuals employed by essential businesses and operations are required by their employment to encounter members of the general public or to work in employment locations of more than 15 employees.","enforcement":"Occupational-disease liability unless rebutted","functions":[],"notes":"Codifies the presumption and the rebuttal; subsection (g)(3)(B) defines \u0027personal protective equipment\u0027 to include \u0027face coverings, gloves, safety glasses, safety face shields, barriers\u0027 and defines \u0027updated\u0027 guidance as that \u0027in effect at least 14 days prior to the COVID-19 diagnosis.\u0027","sourceUrl":"https://ilga.gov/Documents/legislation/ilcs/documents/082003100K1.htm","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":108785,"grade":"primary","character":"liability_shield_condition","description":"","collection":"DUT-IL","url":"/library/DUT-IL-006","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-IL-006","citation":"Illinois General Assembly (Workers\u0027 Occupational Diseases Act as amended), 820 ILCS 310/1(g) (codified COVID-19 presumption) (Sept. 28, 2026) (Ex. DUT-IL-006)","stateName":"Illinois","related":["DUT-IL-012"]}