HB1763 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB1763

Introduced , by Rep. Tom Cross

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.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning civil law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by changing Section 2-1704 as follows:

(735 ILCS 5/2-1704) (from Ch. 110, par. 2-1704)

Sec. 2-1704. Medical Malpractice Action. As used in this Part, "medical malpractice action" means any action, whether in tort, contract or otherwise, in which the the plaintiff seeks damages for injuries or death by reason of medical, hospital, or other healing art malpractice. The term "healing art" shall not include care and treatment by spiritual means through prayer in accord with the tenets and practices of a recognized church or religious denomination.

(Source: P.A. 84-7.)