Rep. Esther Golar
Filed: 3/23/2010
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5918




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5918, AS AMENDED, by 
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replacing everything after the enacting clause with the 
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following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Good Samaritan Act is amended  by adding 
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Section 71 as follows:
 
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    (745 ILCS 49/71 new)
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    Sec. 71. Exemption from civil liability in emergencies


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requiring building evacuations. Any person who in good faith 
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provides emergency care, without fee or compensation, to any 
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person at the scene of an emergency that necessitates the 
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evacuation of a building shall not, as a result of his or her 
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acts or omissions, except willful and wanton misconduct on the 
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part of the person in providing the emergency care, be liable 
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to a person to whom such emergency care is provided for civil 
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damages. This Section shall apply to causes of action accruing 
 


 






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on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 
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96th General Assembly.
 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.".