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SB3203 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 


 
96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB3203

 

Introduced 2/9/2010, by Sen. David Luechtefeld - Randall M. Hultgren - Kyle McCarter

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
735 ILCS 5/2-1704   from Ch. 110, par. 2-1704

    Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a technical change in the Section defining medical malpractice action.


LRB096 20487 WGH 36150 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

SB3203 LRB096 20487 WGH 36150 b

1     AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
5 changing Section 2-1704 as follows:
 
6     (735 ILCS 5/2-1704)  (from Ch. 110, par. 2-1704)
7     Sec. 2-1704. Medical Malpractice Action. As used in this
8 Part, "medical malpractice action" means any action, whether in
9 tort, contract or otherwise, in which the the plaintiff seeks
10 damages for injuries or death by reason of medical, hospital,
11 or other healing art malpractice. The term "healing art" shall
12 not include care and treatment by spiritual means through
13 prayer in accord with the tenets and practices of a recognized
14 church or religious denomination.
15 (Source: P.A. 84-7.)