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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB1549 Introduced 2/15/2011, by Rep. Jil Tracy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Good Samaritan Act. Provides that any person who in good faith (instead of any person currently certified in basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation who complies with generally recognized standards, and who in good faith), not for compensation, provides emergency cardiopulmonary resuscitation to a person who is an apparent victim of acute cardiopulmonary insufficiency shall not, as the result of his or her acts or omissions in providing resuscitation, be liable for civil damages, unless the acts or omissions constitute willful and wanton misconduct. Effective immediately.
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| | HB1549 | | LRB097 06748 AJO 46836 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,
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| 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 currently |
| 9 | | certified in basic
cardiopulmonary resuscitation who complies |
| 10 | | with generally
recognized standards, and who in good faith, not |
| 11 | | for
compensation, provides emergency cardiopulmonary
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| 12 | | resuscitation to a person who is an apparent victim of acute
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| 13 | | cardiopulmonary insufficiency shall not, as the result of
his |
| 14 | | or her acts or omissions in providing resuscitation, be
liable |
| 15 | | for civil damages, unless the acts or omissions
constitute |
| 16 | | willful and wanton misconduct.
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| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 89-607, eff. 1-1-97; 90-742, eff. 8-13-98.)
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| 18 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 19 | | becoming law.
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