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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB2985
Introduced 2/22/2005, by Rep. Tom Cross SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Good Samaritan Act. Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning immunity from civil liability for giving or receiving and acting on
emergency
telephone instructions.
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A BILL FOR
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HB2985 |
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LRB094 05223 LCB 35265 b |
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| AN ACT concerning civil law.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Good Samaritan Act is amended by changing |
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| Section 5 as follows:
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| (745 ILCS 49/5)
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| Sec. 5. Emergency telephone instructions; exemption from |
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| civil liability. No person who gives emergency instructions |
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| through a system
established under the
the Emergency Telephone |
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| System Act to persons rendering
services in an emergency
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| another location, nor any person following the instructions in
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| rendering the services, shall be liable for any civil damages |
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| as a
result of issuing or following the instructions, unless |
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| issuing or
following the instructions constitutes willful or |
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| wanton misconduct. |
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| (Source: P.A. 89-607, eff. 1-1-97.)
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