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| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB4699 Introduced , by Rep. Jonathan Carroll SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| | Amends the Good Samaritan Act. Provides that a person who in good faith and without fee administers epinephrine to another person who is suffering from a severe allergic reaction shall not be liable for civil damages as a result of his or her acts or omissions, except for willful or wanton misconduct on the part of the person in administering the epinephrine.
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| | HB4699 | | LRB100 16873 HEP 32014 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Good Samaritan Act is amended by adding |
| 5 | | Section 66 as follows:
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| 6 | | (745 ILCS 49/66 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 66. Epinephrine administration. A person who in good |
| 8 | | faith and without fee administers epinephrine to another person |
| 9 | | who is suffering from a severe allergic reaction shall not be |
| 10 | | liable for civil damages as a result of his or her acts or |
| 11 | | omissions, except for willful or wanton misconduct on the part |
| 12 | | of the person in administering the epinephrine.
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