Illinois HB 4491: PUBLIC EMPLOYEE DISABILITY

Status: Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner (as of 2026-05-20)

State: Illinois · Session: 104th · Bill: HB 4491

Sponsors: Marcus C. Evans, Jr., Meg Loughran Cappel, Carol Ammons, Celina Villanueva, Christopher Belt, David Koehler, Doris Turner, Emil Jones, III, Javier L. Cervantes, Karina Villa, Kimberly A. Lightford, Linda Holmes, Michael E. Hastings, Michael J. Kelly, Michael W. Halpin, Mike Porfirio, Patrick J. Joyce, Paul Faraci, Ram Villivalam, Stephanie A. Kifowit

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HB4491 EnrolledLRB104 16691 BDA 30095 b

1 AN ACT concerning government.

2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 

3represented in the General Assembly:

4 Section 5. The Public Employee Disability Act is amended 

5by changing Sections 1 and 2 as follows:

6 (5 ILCS 345/1) (from Ch. 70, par. 91)

7 Sec. 1. Disability benefit. 

8 (a) For the purposes of this Section, "eligible employee" 

9means any part-time or full-time State correctional officer or 

10any other full or part-time employee of the Department of 

11Corrections, any full or part-time employee of the Prisoner 

12Review Board, any full or part-time employee of the Department 

13of Human Services working within a penal institution or a 

14State mental health or developmental disabilities facility 

15operated by the Department of Human Services, and any 

16full-time law enforcement officer or full-time firefighter, 

17including a full-time paramedic or a firefighter who performs 

18paramedic duties, who is employed by the State of Illinois, 

19any unit of local government (including any home rule unit), 

20any State supported college or university, or any other public 

21entity granted the power to employ persons for such purposes 

22by law.

23 (b) Whenever an eligible employee suffers any injury in 

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1the line of duty which causes that employee him to be unable to 

2perform the employee's his duties, the employee he shall 

3continue to be paid by the employing public entity on the same 

4gross pay basis, inclusive of all pensionable salary, as the 

5empl

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