Bill Text: IL HB4663 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Uniform Arbitration Act. Provides that no agreement to arbitrate any liability arising out of the employment of a seaman, master, or crew member of any vessel is binding or enforceable. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-22 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4663 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB4663-Engrossed.html

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

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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.