Bill Would Extend Presumptions to Hospital Security Guards

Hospital security guards in Illinois would be covered by presumptions for blood-borne pathogens, heart and lung diseases, and other conditions, under legislation introduced ahead of the 2026 session. Illinois law presumes that firefighters, EMTs and paramedics who develop conditions including staph infections and MRSA, lung or respiratory disease, heart or vascular disease, hypertension, tuberculosis or cancer contracted them on the job. The law also presumes that hearing loss and hernias arose from employment for firefighters, emergency medical personnel and paramedics with at least five yea...