SB2303 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB094 18486 LCT 53811 b

94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB2303

Introduced 1/12/2006, by Sen. J. Bradley Burzynski

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

745 ILCS 49/67 new

Amends the Good Samaritan Act. Provides that any person who is certified in first aid or has completed a course of instruction in first aid, who in good faith provides emergency care without fee to any person shall not, as a result of his or her acts or omissions, except willful and wanton misconduct on the part of the person, in providing the care, be liable to a person to whom such care is provided for civil damages. Effective July 1, 2006.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning civil liability.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Good Samaritan Act is amended by adding Section 67 as follows:

(745 ILCS 49/67 new)

Sec. 67. First aid providers; exemption for emergency care. Any person who is certified in first aid or has completed a course of instruction in first aid, who in good faith provides emergency care without fee to any person shall not, as a result of his or her acts or omissions, except willful and wanton misconduct on the part of the person, in providing the care, be liable to a person to whom such care is provided for civil damages.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2006.