Bill Text: IL HB1549 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended
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Bill Title: Amends the Good Samaritan Act. Provides that any person who in good faith (instead of any person currently certified in basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation who complies with generally recognized standards, and who in good faith), not for compensation, provides emergency cardiopulmonary resuscitation to a person who is an apparent victim of acute cardiopulmonary insufficiency shall not, as the result of his or her acts or omissions in providing resuscitation, be liable for civil damages, unless the acts or omissions constitute willful and wanton misconduct. Effective immediately.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: (Passed) 2011-07-18 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0150 [HB1549 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB1549-Amended.html
Bill Title: Amends the Good Samaritan Act. Provides that any person who in good faith (instead of any person currently certified in basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation who complies with generally recognized standards, and who in good faith), not for compensation, provides emergency cardiopulmonary resuscitation to a person who is an apparent victim of acute cardiopulmonary insufficiency shall not, as the result of his or her acts or omissions in providing resuscitation, be liable for civil damages, unless the acts or omissions constitute willful and wanton misconduct. Effective immediately.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: (Passed) 2011-07-18 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0150 [HB1549 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB1549-Amended.html
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1549
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1549 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Good Samaritan Act is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Section 10 as follows:
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| 6 | (745 ILCS 49/10)
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| 7 | Sec. 10.
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; exemption from | ||||||
| 8 | civil liability
for emergency care. Any person trained | ||||||
| 9 | currently certified in basic
cardiopulmonary resuscitation who | ||||||
| 10 | complies with generally
recognized standards, and who in good | ||||||
| 11 | faith, not for
compensation, provides emergency | ||||||
| 12 | cardiopulmonary
resuscitation in accordance with his or her | ||||||
| 13 | training to a person who is an apparent victim of acute
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| 14 | cardiopulmonary insufficiency shall not, as the result of
his | ||||||
| 15 | or her acts or omissions in providing resuscitation, be
liable | ||||||
| 16 | for civil damages, unless the acts or omissions
constitute | ||||||
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| 1 | willful and wanton misconduct.
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| 2 | (Source: P.A. 89-607, eff. 1-1-97; 90-742, eff. 8-13-98.)
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| 3 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 4 | becoming law.".
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