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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB5157
Introduced , by Rep. Jay C. Hoffman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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710 ILCS 5/1 |
from Ch. 10, par. 101 |
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Amends the Uniform Arbitration Act. Provides that no agreement to arbitrate any liability arising out of the employment of a seaman, master, vessel crew member, or railroad employee is binding or enforceable. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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HB5157 |
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LRB095 18328 AJO 44412 b |
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| AN ACT concerning alternate dispute resolution.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Uniform Arbitration Act is amended by |
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| changing Section 1 as follows:
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| (710 ILCS 5/1) (from Ch. 10, par. 101)
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| Sec. 1. Validity of arbitration agreement. A written
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| agreement to submit any existing controversy to arbitration
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| a provision in a written contract to submit to arbitration
any |
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| controversy thereafter arising between the parties is
valid, |
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| enforceable and irrevocable save upon such grounds as
exist for |
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| the revocation of any contract, except that: (1) any
agreement |
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| between a patient and a hospital or health care
provider to |
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| submit to binding arbitration a claim for damages
arising out |
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| of (a) (1) injuries alleged to have been received by
a patient, |
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| or (b) (2) death of a patient, due to hospital or health
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| provider negligence or other wrongful act, but not
including |
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| intentional torts, is also subject to the Health
Care |
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| Arbitration Act; and (2) no agreement to arbitrate any |
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| liability associated with or arising out of the employment of |
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| any seaman, master, or member of the crew of any vessel or |
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| railroad employee is binding or enforceable.
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| (Source: P.A. 80-1012; 80-1031.)
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