Illinois HB 1292: WORKERS COMP-PTSD PRESUMPTION

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 Illinois General Assembly

 ILGA.GOV 

 HB1292 - 104th General Assembly 

104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY 
State of Illinois 
2025 and 2026
HB1292

Introduced 1/28/2025, by Rep. Kam Buckner 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

820 ILCS 305/6 from Ch. 48, par. 138.6

 Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Provides that post-traumatic stress disorder is to be rebuttably presumed to arise out of and to be causally connected to the hazards of employment of a person employed as a firefighter, emergency medical technician (EMT), emergency medical technician-intermediate (EMT-I), advanced emergency medical technician (A-EMT), or paramedic.

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A BILL FOR

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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 6 as follows:

6 (820 ILCS 305/6) (from Ch. 48, par. 138.6)

7 Sec. 6. (a) Every employer within the provisions of this 

8Act, shall, under the rules and regulations prescribed by the 

9Commission, post printed notices in their respective places of 

10employment in such number and at such places as may be 

11determined by the Commission, containing such information 

12relative to this Act as in the judgment of the Commission may 

13be necessary to aid employees to safeguard their rights under 

14this Act in event of injury.

15 In addition thereto, the employer shall post in a 

16conspicuous place on the place of the employment a printed or 

17typewritten notice stating whether he is insured or whether he 

18has qualified and is operating as a self-insured employer. In 

19the event the employer is insured, the notice shall state the 

20name and address of his insurance carrier, the number of the 

21insurance policy, its effective date and the date of 

22termination. In the event of the termination of the policy for 

23any reason prior to the termination date stated, the posted 

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1notice shall promptly be corrected accordingly. In the event 

2the employer is operating as a self-insured employer the 

3notice shall state the name and address of the company, if any, 

4servicing the compensation payments of the employer, and the 

5name and address of the person in charge of making 

6compensation payments.

7 (b) Every employer subject to this Act shall maintain 

8accurate records of work-related deaths, injuries and illness 

9other than minor injuries requiring only first aid treatment 

10and which do not involve medical treatment, loss of 

11consciousness, restriction of work or motion, or transfer to 

12another job and file with the Commission, in writing, a report 

13of all accidental deaths, injuries and illnesses arising out 

14of and in the course of the employment resulting in the loss of 

15more than 3 scheduled work days. In the case of death such 

16report shall be made no later than 2 working days following the 

17accidental death. In all other cases such report shall be made 

18between the 15th and 25th of each month unless required to be 

19made sooner by rule of the Commission. In case the injury 

20results in permanent disability, a further report shall be 

21made as soon as it is determined that such permanent 

22disability has resulted or will result from the injury. All 

23reports shall state the date of the injury, including the time 

24of day or night, the nature of the employer's business, the 

25name, address, age, sex, conjugal condition of the injured 

26person, the specific occupation of the injured person, the 

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1direct cause of the injury and the nature of the accident, the 

2character of the injury, the length of disability, and in case 

3of death the length of disability before death, the wages of 

4the injured person, whether compensation has been paid to the 

5injured person, or to his or her legal representative or his 

6heirs or next of kin, the amount of compensation paid, the 

7amount paid for physicians', surgeons' and hospital bills, and 

8by whom paid, and the amount paid for funeral or burial 

9expenses if known. The reports shall be made on forms and in 

10the manner as prescribed by the Commission and shall contain 

11such further information as the Commission shall deem 

12necessary and require. The making of these reports releases 

13the employer from making such reports to any other officer of 

14the State and shall satisfy the reporting provisions as 

15contained in the Safety Inspection and Education Act, the 

16Health and Safety Act, and the Occupational Safety and Health 

17Act. The reports filed with the Commission pursuant to this 

18Section shall be made available by the Commission to the 

19Director of Labor or his representatives and to all other 

20departments of the State of Illinois