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91_SB0578sam001
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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 578
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 578 on page 1 by
3 replacing line 2 with the following: "Section 11-501.4-1."
4 and by replacing everything after the enacting clause
5 with the following:
6 "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
7 changing Section 11-501.4-1 as follows:
8 (625 ILCS 5/11-501.4-1)
9 Sec. 11-501.4-1. Reporting of test results of blood or
10 urine conducted in the regular course of providing emergency
11 medical treatment.
12 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
13 results of blood or urine tests performed for the purpose of
14 determining the content of alcohol, other drug or drugs, or
15 intoxicating compound or compounds, or any combination
16 thereof, in an individual's blood or urine conducted upon
17 persons receiving medical treatment in a hospital emergency
18 room for injuries resulting from a motor vehicle accident
19 shall may be reported to the Department of State Police or
20 local law enforcement agencies in cases where the blood
21 alcohol concentration is 0.08 or more of if there is any
22 amount of a drug, substance, or compound resulting from the
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1 unlawful use or consumption of cannabis as listed in the
2 Cannabis Control Act, or a controlled substance listed in the
3 Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Such blood or urine tests
4 are admissible in evidence as a business record exception to
5 the hearsay rule only in prosecutions for any violation of
6 Section 11-501 of this Code or a similar provision of a local
7 ordinance, or in prosecutions for reckless homicide brought
8 under the Criminal Code of 1961.
9 (b) The confidentiality provisions of law pertaining to
10 medical records and medical treatment shall not be applicable
11 with regard to tests performed upon an individual's blood or
12 urine under the provisions of subsection (a) of this Section.
13 No person shall be liable for civil damages or professional
14 discipline as a result of the reporting of the tests or the
15 evidentiary use of an individual's blood or urine test
16 results under this Section or Section 11-501.4 or as a result
17 of that person's testimony made available under this Section
18 or Section 11-501.4, except for willful or wanton
19 misconduct.".
20 (Source: P.A. 89-517, eff. 1-1-97; 90-779, eff. 1-1-99.)
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