A measure that would make it easier for Chicago’s first responders to acquire full disability benefits if they were sickened by COVID-19 gained traction when it passed through a state legislative committee.
Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza speaks on behalf of her brother, police Sgt. Joaquin Mendoza, in the photo, during a news conference at Chicago City Hall on Feb. 21, 2022.
The bill passed 9-0 through the committee and is expected to be debated on the House floor in the next few weeks. If it passes through the full House, it will then move to the Senate. The state legislation would apply to Chicago police officers, firefighters and paramedics who got sick with the virus from March 9, 2020, through June 30, 2021. If they were previously denied a duty disability benefit they could acquire “a retroactive duty disability benefit.”
Duty disability provides 75% of the officer’s salary and free health insurance. On ordinary disability, an officer receives 50% compensation and must pay for health care.Under the law, a family of a police officer who died of COVID-19 from March 9, 2020, through June 30, 2021, was entitled to 75% of the officer’s salary annually.
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