Illinois legislation · 104th General Assembly
Illinois SB2770: LOC FIRST RESPONDER INSURANCE
Status: Signed into law, July 24, 2026
Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that county medical examiners and coroners are first responders for the purposes of provisions requiring a county to provide health insurance coverage for its employees who are first responders without imposing a deductible, coinsurance, copayment, or any other cost-sharing requirement.
What the bill says
A bill FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026SB2770Introduced 1/13/2026, by Sen. Patrick J. JoyceSYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: ILCS 5/5-106965 ILCS 5/10-4-2.4 55 ILCS 5/5-1069 65 ILCS 5/10-4-2.4 ILCS 5/5-1069 ILCS 5/10-4-2.4 Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Providesthat county medical examiners and coroners are first responders for thepurposes of provisions requiring a county to provide health insurancecoverage for its employees who are first responders without imposing adeductible, coinsurance, copayment, or any other cost-sharing requirement…
From the introduced text, January 13, 2026:
A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026SB2770Introduced 1/13/2026, by Sen. Patrick J. JoyceSYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: ILCS 5/5-106965 ILCS 5/10-4-2.4 55 ILCS 5/5-1069 65 ILCS 5/10-4-2.4 ILCS 5/5-1069 ILCS 5/10-4-2.4 Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Providesthat county medical examiners and coroners are first responders for thepurposes of provisions requiring a county to provide health insurancecoverage for its employees who are first responders without imposing adeductible, coinsurance, copayment, or any other cost-sharing requirement. LRB104 16719 RTM 30125 b LRB104 16719 RTM 30125 b LRB104 16719 RTM 30125 b A BILL FOR SB2770LRB104 16719 RTM 30125 b SB2770 LRB104 16719 RTM 30125 b SB2770 LRB104 16719 RTM 30125 b AN ACT concerning local government. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: Section 5.The Counties Code is amended by changing Section 5-1069 as follows: (55 ILCS 5/5-1069) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-808) Sec. 5-1069.Group life, health, accident, hospital, and medical insurance. (a) The county board of any county may arrange to provide, for the benefit of employees of the county, group life, health, accident, hospital, and medical insurance, or any one or any combination of those types of insurance, or the county board may self-insure, for the benefit of its employees, all or …