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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB1055 Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Good Samaritan Act. Makes a technical change in the Section
concerning immunity from civil liability for providing emergency
cardiopulmonary resuscitation to an apparent victim of acute cardiopulmonary
insufficiency.
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| | HB1055 | | LRB102 03068 LNS 13081 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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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 in |
| 9 | | basic
cardiopulmonary resuscitation who has successfully |
| 10 | | completed training in accordance with the
the standards of the |
| 11 | | American Red Cross or the American Heart Association and who |
| 12 | | in good faith, not for
compensation, provides emergency |
| 13 | | cardiopulmonary
resuscitation in accordance with his or her |
| 14 | | training to a person who is an apparent victim of acute
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| 15 | | cardiopulmonary insufficiency shall not, as the result of
his |
| 16 | | or her acts or omissions in providing resuscitation, be
liable |
| 17 | | for civil damages, unless the acts or omissions
constitute |
| 18 | | willful and wanton misconduct. |
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 97-150, eff. 7-18-11.)
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