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2025 Workers' Compensation and Risk Management
Mission Statement To provide health care and financial security to employees and their families when employees are injured while performing their duties for the state, to efficiently manage the collection and payment of funds for damaged property, and to minimize the state's exposure to various risks.
Program Goals and Objectives
  1. Reduce overall program costs.
    1. Conduct face-to-face meetings with the three agencies with the most claims to coordinate efforts to reduce the number and severity of employee claims.
      1. Provide monthly agency-specific financial and statistical reports.
        1. Negotiate with the union to implement a preferred provider network.
          1. Avoid increased costs and litigation through early communication with the injured/damaged party.
            1. Reduce the state's self-insured liability by obtaining outside insurance coverage for certain state property, when appropriate.
              1. Protect the state's interest while hosting external events and protect elected officials from unnecessary personal liability exposure through a comprehensive insurance plan.
                Source of Funds General Revenue Fund, Workers' Compensation Revolving Fund Statutory Authority 5 ILCS 350, 20 ILCS 405
                Fiscal Year 2026 Target/Projected Fiscal Year 2025 Actual Fiscal Year 2025 Target/Projected Fiscal Year 2024 Actual Fiscal Year 2023 Actual
                Input Indicators
                Total expenditures - all sources (in thousands) $ 139,585.0 $ 127,239.0 $ 128,445.3 $ 117,009.6 $ 114,251.9
                Total expenditures - state appropriated funds (in thousands) $ 139,585.0 $ 127,239.0 $ 128,445.3 $ 117,009.6 $ 114,251.9
                Average monthly full-time equivalents 8.0 7.0 8.0 7.0 8.0
                Output Indicators
                New workers' compensation (WC) injuries (a) 4,000 4,150 3,559 3,608 3,254
                Active WC claims (per third-party administrator) 4,450 4,452 4,124 4,459 5,784
                New auto liability claims 1,500 1,498 1,500 1,555 1,502
                Open auto liability claims 200.0 197.0 250.0 263.0 315.0
                Outcome Indicators
                Average number of days to close a property damage liability claim 45.0 48.0 58.0 59.0 63.0
                Average number of days to close a bodily injury liability claim 160.0 168.0 165.0 171.0 176.0
                Footnotes
                A portion of the new claims increase year over year (nearly 50%) was related to an increase in exposure-related claims.

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