Public Act 90-0746 of the 90th General Assembly

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Public Act 90-0746

HB1217 Enrolled                                LRB9003940NTsb

    AN ACT concerning civil immunity, amending named Acts.

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

    Section  3.   The  Local  Governmental  and  Governmental
Employees  Tort  Immunity  Act  is  amended by adding Section
2-214 as follows:

    (745 ILCS 10/2-214 new)
    Sec. 2-214.  Court volunteer.
    (a)  In  this  Section,  "volunteer"   means   a   person
performing  uncompensated  services for a court pursuant to a
court order, under a program certified by the Chief Judge  of
the circuit as a court volunteer program.
    (b)  A  volunteer  is  not  liable  for his or her act or
omission in performing volunteer services pursuant to a court
order, under a program certified by the Chief  Judge  of  the
circuit  as  a  court  volunteer  program,  unless the act or
omission constitutes willful and wanton conduct.

    Section 5.  The Alcoholism and Drug Addiction  Intervenor
and Reporter Immunity Law is amended by changing Section 4 as
follows:

    (745 ILCS 35/4) (from Ch. 70, par. 654)
    Sec. 4.  Immunity.
    (a)  Any   trained   intervenor   or   fact-reporter  who
participates in an intervention shall not be liable  in  tort
for  any  personal  injuries caused by any act or omission in
the course of an intervention  unless  the  act  or  omission
constitutes   willful  or  wanton  misconduct,  and  no  such
intervenor or fact-reporter shall be liable for any cause  of
action  in  the  nature of invasion of privacy, infliction of
emotional distress,  interference  with  family  or  business
relationships,  or  defamation, unless that person acted with
actual malice or willful intent to injure the subject of  the
intervention.
    (b)  No  public or private organization or agency, or any
officer, director, trustee, employee, consultant, or agent of
any  such  entity,  that  sponsors,   authorizes,   supports,
finances,  or  supervises  the  training  of  intervenors  or
fact-reporters  shall  be  liable  for  damages  in any civil
action based on  the  training  of  intervenors,  unless  the
allegedly  wrongful  act  or  omission constitutes willful or
wanton misconduct.  In addition, no  such  entity  or  person
shall  be  liable  for  any  cause of action in the nature of
invasion  of  privacy,  infliction  of  emotional   distress,
interference   with  family  or  business  relationships,  or
defamation, unless that entity or person  acted  with  actual
malice  or  willful  intent  to  injure  the  subject  of the
intervention.
    (c)  No person who instructs a course for intervenors  or
fact-reporters  shall  be  liable  for  damages  in any civil
action based on the acts or omissions  of  an  intervenor  or
fact-reporter  who  received  instruction on interventions by
that  instructor,  unless  the  instruction  given  by   such
instructor  constitutes  willful  or  wanton  misconduct.  In
addition, no such instructor shall be liable for any cause of
action in the nature of invasion of  privacy,  infliction  of
emotional  distress,  interference  with  family  or business
relationships, or defamation, unless  that  instructor  acted
with actual malice or willful intent to injure the subject of
the intervention.
    (d)  Any fact-reporter who encourages an individual or an
individual's family members to seek treatment or who, as part
of  the intervention process, makes a report in good faith to
a trained intervenor of any conduct that  reasonably  appears
to  indicate  that  an  individual suffers from alcoholism or
drug addiction shall have immunity from any liability,  civil
or  criminal or otherwise, that might result as a consequence
of making such a report, unless the person making the  report
is  subject  to  a  privilege  recognized  by the law of this
State.  The good faith of any  fact-reporter  making  such  a
report shall be a rebuttable presumption.
    (e)  All   reports,   findings,   proceedings,  and  data
relating to the course of any intervention,  including  steps
taken in preparation and implementation, are confidential and
privileged and are not subject to discovery or disclosure nor
are  they  admissible  in  any  proceeding including, but not
limited  to,   any   civil,   administrative,   or   criminal
proceeding, and no person who participates in an intervention
shall  be  permitted or required to testify in any proceeding
as to any evidence or other matters produced,  presented,  or
considered  during  an  intervention.   However, information,
documents, or other records otherwise available from original
sources are not to be construed as immune from  discovery  or
use in a proceeding merely because they were presented during
an intervention.
(Source: P.A. 87-213.)

    Section  10.  The Good Samaritan Act is amended by adding
Section 12 as follows:

    (745 ILCS 49/12 new)
    Sec. 12. Use  of  an  automatic  external  defibrillator;
exemption  from  civil  liability  for  emergency  care.  Any
person  who   has   successfully   completed   the   training
requirements  of a course in basic emergency care of a person
in cardiac arrest that:
         (i) included training in the operation and use of an
    automatic external defibrillator; and
         (ii) was conducted in accordance with the  standards
    of the American Heart Association,
and  who,  in  good  faith,  not  for  compensation,  renders
emergency  medical  care  involving  the  use of an automatic
external  defibrillator  in  accordance  with  his   or   her
training  is  not liable for any civil damages as a result of
any  act  or  omission,  except  for   willful   and   wanton
misconduct, by that person in rendering that care.

    Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

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