Bill Text: IL HB4699 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Good Samaritan Act. Provides that a person who in good faith and without fee administers epinephrine to another person who is suffering from a severe allergic reaction shall not be liable for civil damages as a result of his or her acts or omissions, except for willful or wanton misconduct on the part of the person in administering the epinephrine.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB4699 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB4699-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB4699 Introduced , by Rep. Jonathan Carroll SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
745 ILCS 49/66 new
Amends the Good Samaritan Act. Provides that a person who in good faith and without fee administers epinephrine to another person who is suffering from a severe allergic reaction shall not be liable for civil damages as a result of his or her acts or omissions, except for willful or wanton misconduct on the part of the person in administering the epinephrine.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning civil law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Good Samaritan Act is amended by adding
Section 66 as follows:
(745 ILCS 49/66 new)
Sec. 66. Epinephrine administration. A person who in good
faith and without fee administers epinephrine to another person
who is suffering from a severe allergic reaction shall not be
liable for civil damages as a result of his or her acts or
omissions, except for willful or wanton misconduct on the part
of the person in administering the epinephrine.