Illinois Senate Bill 655 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: Failed on January 9 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Provides that every physician shall report to the Secretary of State certain medical conditions of a driver that are likely to cause loss of consciousness or any loss of ability to safely operate a motor vehicle within 10 days of the physician becoming aware of the condition. Provides that the Secretary of State, in conjunction with the Driver's License Medical Advisory Board, shall determine by administrative rule the temporary conditions not required to be reported. Provides that all information furnished to the Secretary shall be deemed confidential and for the privileged use of the Secretary. Provides that physicians who make the report required by this Section shall be immune from civil or criminal liability for a motor vehicle accident caused by the medical condition.

MEDICAL PRACTICE-REPORTING

Sen. John Mulroe [D]

Sen. Heather Steans [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-09	Senate	Session Sine Die
2017-03-17	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2017-02-08	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Heather A. Steans
2017-02-01	Senate	Assigned to Criminal Law
2017-01-25	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2017-01-25	Senate	First Reading
2017-01-25	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. John G. Mulroe

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
225	60	23.1	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=655&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/SB/10000SB0655.htm