Rep. Chapin Rose
Filed: 5/4/2007
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3616




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3616, AS AMENDED, by 
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replacing everything after the enacting clause with the 
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following:

 
 
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    "Section 5. The Good Samaritan Act is amended by adding 
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Section 68 as follows: 
 
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    (745 ILCS 49/68  new)
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    Sec. 68. Disaster Relief Volunteers.  Any firefighter, 
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licensed emergency medical technician (EMT) as defined by 
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Section 3.50 of the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems 
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Act, physician, dentist, podiatrist, optometrist, pharmacist, 
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advanced practice nurse, physician assistant, or nurse who in 
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good faith and without fee or compensation provides health care 
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services as a disaster relief volunteer shall not, as a result 
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of his or her acts or omissions, except willful and wanton 
 


 






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misconduct on the part of the person, in providing health care 
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services, be liable to a person to whom the health care 
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services are provided for civil damages. This immunity applies 
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to health care services that are provided without fee or 
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compensation during or within 10 days following the end of a 
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disaster or catastrophic event.
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    The immunity provided in this Section only applies to a 
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disaster relief volunteer who provides health care services in 
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relief of an earthquake, hurricane, tornado, nuclear attack, 
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terrorist attack, epidemic, or pandemic without fee or 
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compensation for providing the volunteer health care services.
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    The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any 
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health care facility as defined in Section 8-2001 of the Code 
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of Civil Procedure or to any practitioner, who is not a 
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disaster relief volunteer, providing health care services in a 
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hospital or health care facility.".