Bill Amendment: IL HB2940 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: NALOXONE-LIABILITY EXEMPTIONS

Status: 2015-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2940 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB2940-House_Amendment_001.html

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Rep. Sam Yingling

Filed: 3/16/2015

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2940
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2940 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Good Samaritan Act is amended by changing
Section 70 as follows:
(745 ILCS 49/70)
Sec. 70. Law enforcement officers, firemen, Emergency
Medical Technicians (EMTs) and First Responders; exemption
from civil liability for emergency care. Any law enforcement
officer or fireman as defined in Section 2 of the Line of Duty
Compensation Act, any "emergency medical technician (EMT)" as
defined in Section 3.50 of the Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
Systems Act, and any "first responder" as defined in Section
3.60 of the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act, who
in good faith provides emergency care without fee or
compensation to any person shall not, as a result of his or her

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acts or omissions, except willful and wanton misconduct, be
liable for civil damages when administering naloxone in an
emergency situation, and 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.
(Source: P.A. 93-1047, eff. 10-18-04; 94-826, eff. 1-1-07.)".