Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has introduced a bi-partisan resolution calling for an audit of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation program “as it applies to state employees.”
The resolution, H.R. 131, was filed Thursday and is co-sponsored by state Reps. Tom Holbrook, (D-Belleville), Dwight Kay (R-Glen Carbon), and and Frank Mautino (D-Spring Valley).
According to the official synopsis of the resolution, it seeks an audit that would include “the number of claims filed by state workers during the last four years, a review of the settlement contract process, an analysis of any fraud identification and control policies and procedures, an analysis of arbitrator caseloads over the four-year period, and a review of conflict of interest policies applicable to arbitrators and commissioners.” Read the full resolution here.
Thanks to the Belleville News-Democrat for continuing to bring these developments to our attention. Their full article can be read here.