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| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB2523 Introduced , by Rep. Jay Hoffman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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710 ILCS 5/1 | from Ch. 10, par. 101 |
| 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.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB2523 | | LRB100 10754 HEP 20984 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning alternate dispute resolution.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Uniform Arbitration Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 1 as follows:
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| 6 | | (710 ILCS 5/1) (from Ch. 10, par. 101)
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| 7 | | Sec. 1. Validity of arbitration agreement. A written
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| 8 | | agreement to submit any existing controversy to arbitration
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| 9 | | a provision in a written contract to submit to arbitration
any |
| 10 | | controversy thereafter arising between the parties is
valid, |
| 11 | | enforceable and irrevocable save upon such grounds as
exist for |
| 12 | | the revocation of any contract, except that: (1) any
agreement |
| 13 | | between a patient and a hospital or health care
provider to |
| 14 | | submit to binding arbitration a claim for damages
arising out |
| 15 | | of (A) (1) injuries alleged to have been received by
a patient, |
| 16 | | or (B) (2) death of a patient, due to hospital or health
care |
| 17 | | provider negligence or other wrongful act, but not
including |
| 18 | | intentional torts, is also subject to the Health
Care |
| 19 | | Arbitration Act; and (2) no agreement to arbitrate any |
| 20 | | liability associated with or arising out of the employment of |
| 21 | | any seaman, master, or member of the crew of any vessel is |
| 22 | | binding or enforceable.
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| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 80-1012; 80-1031.)
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