Illinois SB 3949: LOC FIRST RESPONDER INSURANCE

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY 
State of Illinois 
2025 and 2026
SB3949

Introduced 2/6/2026, by Sen. Erica Harriss 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

55 ILCS 5/5-1069

65 ILCS 5/10-4-2.4

 Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that coroners are first-responders for the purposes of provisions requiring a county that is a self-insurer for purposes of providing health insurance coverage for its employees to include mental health counseling for any county employee who is a first responder without imposing a deductible, coinsurance, copayment, or any other cost-sharing requirement on the coverage provided.

LRB104 15200 RTM 28346 b

A BILL FOR

SB3949LRB104 15200 RTM 28346 b

1 AN ACT concerning local government.

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

3represented in the General Assembly:

4 Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing 

5Section 5-1069 as follows:

6 (55 ILCS 5/5-1069)

7 (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-808)

8 Sec. 5-1069. Group life, health, accident, hospital, and 

9medical insurance.

10 (a) The county board of any county may arrange to provide, 

11for the benefit of employees of the county, group life, 

12health, accident, hospital, and medical insurance, or any one 

13or any combination of those types of insurance, or the county 

14board may self-insure, for the benefit of its employees, all 

15or a portion of the employees' group life, health, accident, 

16hospital, and medical insurance, or any one or any combination 

17of those types of insurance, including a combination of 

18self-insurance and other types of insurance authorized by this 

19Section, provided that the county board complies with all 

20other requirements of this Section. The insur