Public Act 101-0633 (House Bill 2455)

The record

Jurisdiction

Illinois; General Assembly (Workers' Compensation Commission; Department of Employment Security) · Illinois

Level

State

Authority

P.A. 101-0633

Issued

2020-06-05 June 5, 2020

Effective

2020-06-05 (presumption applies to diagnoses on or after March 9, 2020) (read as 2020-06-05)

End

2020-12-31 for the presumption as enacted (later extended by P.A. 101-0653 to June 30, 2021 and by P.A. 102-0xx to June 30, 2022) (read as 2020-12-31)

In force

June 5, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Workplace rulesOther

Addressees

• employers of COVID-19 first responders and front-line workers, including all individuals employed by essential businesses and operations as defined in Executive Order 2020-10 who were required to encounter members of the general public or to work in locations of more than 15 employees

Functions reached

• HR workers' compensation and insurance costs
• WF (compensable removal of infected essential workers)
• OP administration

Collection

State labor and workplace-safety agencies AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE

Operative words

.. the exposure to and contraction of COVID-19... shall be rebuttably presumed to have arisen out of and in the course of the employee's first responder or front-line worker employment and... shall be rebuttably presumed to be causally connected to the hazards or exposures of the employee's first responder or front-line worker employment [where the] employee is a COVID-19 first responder or front-line worker... including 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

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