Bill Amendment: IL SB2779 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: CNTY-BD-CERTIFIED PATHOLOGISTS

Status: 2024-05-25 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III [SB2779 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB2779-Senate_Amendment_001.html

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Sen. Doris Turner

Filed: 3/7/2024

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2779
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2779 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section
5-1003.5 as follows:
(55 ILCS 5/5-1003.5 new)
Sec. 5-1003.5. Indemnification for autopsies performed by
physicians. A county shall indemnify and hold harmless a
physician who has been appointed or designated by the county
or the coroner's office to perform autopsies for all of the
physician's acts, omissions, decisions, or conduct arising out
of the scope of the physician's duties of performing autopsies
for the county, except those involving willful or wanton
misconduct. A physician who is made a party defendant to an
action arising out of the physician's acts, omissions,
decisions, or conduct arising out of the scope of the

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