Illinois Compiled Statutes 215 ILCS 5/107a.13 – Group Workers’ Compensation Pool Insolvency Fund
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(a) All qualified group workers’ compensation pools shall pay a sum equal to 0.5% of all compensation and medical service payments made under either the Workers’ Compensation Act or the Workers’ Occupational Diseases Act during the 6 months immediately preceding the date of payment, into the Group Workers’ Compensation Pool Insolvency Fund, the successor fund to the Group Self-Insurers’ Insolvency Fund. On the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly, all moneys in the Group Self-Insurers’ Insolvency Fund shall be transferred into the Group Workers’ Compensation Pool Insolvency Fund.
(b) The State Treasurer is ex-officio custodian of the Group Workers’ Compensation Pool Insolvency Fund. Moneys in the Fund shall be deposited the same as are State funds and any interest accruing on moneys in the Fund shall be added to the Fund every 6 months. The Fund shall be subject to audit the same as State funds and accounts and shall be protected by the general bond given by the State Treasurer. The Fund shall be considered always appropriated for the purposes of compensating employees who are eligible to receive benefits from their employers pursuant to the provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Act or Workers’ Occupational Diseases Act when their employer is a member of a qualified group workers’ compensation pool and the qualified group workers’ compensation pool has become unable to pay compensation and medical service payments due to financial insolvency either prior to or following the date of award. Moneys in the Fund may be used to compensate any type of injury or occupational disease that is compensable under either the Workers’ Compensation Act or the Workers’ Occupational Diseases Act. The State Treasurer shall be joined with the qualified group workers’ compensation pool as party respondent in any claim or application for adjustment of claim filed against a qualified group workers’ compensation pool whenever the compensation and medical services provided pursuant to this Article may be unpaid by reason of default of an insolvent qualified group workers’ compensation pool.
(c) Payment shall be made out of the Group Workers’ Compensation Pool Insolvency Fund only upon order of the Director and only after the penal sum of the fidelity bond and securities, if any, has been exhausted. It shall be the obligation of a qualified group workers’ compensation pool or its successor to make arrangements to repay the Group Workers’ Compensation Pool Insolvency Fund for all moneys paid out in its behalf. The Director is authorized to make arrangements with the qualified group workers’ compensation pool as to terms of repayment. The obligations of qualified group workers’ compensation pools to make contributions to the Group Workers’ Compensation Pool Insolvency Fund shall be waived on any January 1 or July 1, if the Fund has a positive balance of at least $2,000,000 on the date one month prior to the date of payment.
(b) The State Treasurer is ex-officio custodian of the Group Workers’ Compensation Pool Insolvency Fund. Moneys in the Fund shall be deposited the same as are State funds and any interest accruing on moneys in the Fund shall be added to the Fund every 6 months. The Fund shall be subject to audit the same as State funds and accounts and shall be protected by the general bond given by the State Treasurer. The Fund shall be considered always appropriated for the purposes of compensating employees who are eligible to receive benefits from their employers pursuant to the provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Act or Workers’ Occupational Diseases Act when their employer is a member of a qualified group workers’ compensation pool and the qualified group workers’ compensation pool has become unable to pay compensation and medical service payments due to financial insolvency either prior to or following the date of award. Moneys in the Fund may be used to compensate any type of injury or occupational disease that is compensable under either the Workers’ Compensation Act or the Workers’ Occupational Diseases Act. The State Treasurer shall be joined with the qualified group workers’ compensation pool as party respondent in any claim or application for adjustment of claim filed against a qualified group workers’ compensation pool whenever the compensation and medical services provided pursuant to this Article may be unpaid by reason of default of an insolvent qualified group workers’ compensation pool.
Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 215 ILCS 5/107a.13
- Month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" a calendar year unless otherwise expressed; and the word "year" alone, is equivalent to the expression "year of our Lord. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.10
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
(c) Payment shall be made out of the Group Workers’ Compensation Pool Insolvency Fund only upon order of the Director and only after the penal sum of the fidelity bond and securities, if any, has been exhausted. It shall be the obligation of a qualified group workers’ compensation pool or its successor to make arrangements to repay the Group Workers’ Compensation Pool Insolvency Fund for all moneys paid out in its behalf. The Director is authorized to make arrangements with the qualified group workers’ compensation pool as to terms of repayment. The obligations of qualified group workers’ compensation pools to make contributions to the Group Workers’ Compensation Pool Insolvency Fund shall be waived on any January 1 or July 1, if the Fund has a positive balance of at least $2,000,000 on the date one month prior to the date of payment.