WORKERS COMP-RELIGIOUS SECT

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that an employer who is a member of a recognized religious sect or division of a recognized religious sect and who is adherent of established tenets or teachings of that sect or division by reason of which the employer is conscientiously opposed to benefits to employers and employees from any public or private insurance that makes payment in the event of death, disability, impairment, old age, or retirement or makes payments toward the cost of, or provides services in connection with the payment for medical services, including the benefits from any insurance system established by the Social Security Act may apply to the Director to be exempted from the payment of premiums and other charges assessed under this Code, with respect to, or if the employer is a self-insuring employer, from payment of direct compensation and benefits to and assessments required by this Code on account of, an individual employee who meets the requirements of this Code. Provides the requirements for completing the application process. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.