Bills Address Presumptions, Benefit Offsets and Deadlines

Illinois lawmakers introduced bills that would bolster a first responder presumption, require the state to meet the same deadlines as private employers and disallow deducting the value of workers' compensation benefits from survivor benefits paid to police and firefighters. Rep. Jay Hoffman, D-Belleville, on Tuesday introduced HB 1309, which would address the rebuttable presumption of compensability for bloodborne pathogens, staph infections, lung and respiratory diseases and conditions, heart and vascular diseases and conditions, hypertension, tuberculosis, cancer, hernias...