Sen. Dan Cronin

Filed: 2/28/2006

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2968

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2968, AS AMENDED,
3 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4 following:
 
5     "Section 5. The Good Samaritan Act is amended by changing
6 Section 70 as follows:
 
7     (745 ILCS 49/70)
8     Sec. 70. Law enforcement officers, or firemen, Emergency
9 Medical Technicians (EMTs) and First Responders; exemption
10 from civil liability for emergency care. Any law enforcement
11 officer or fireman as defined in Section 2 of the Line of Duty
12 Compensation Act, any "emergency medical technician (EMT)" as
13 defined in Section 3.50 of the Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
14 Systems Act, and any "first responder" as defined in Section
15 3.60 of the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act, who
16 in good faith provides emergency care without fee or
17 compensation to any person shall not, as a result of his or her
18 acts or omissions, except willful and wanton misconduct on the
19 part of the person, in providing the care, be liable to a
20 person to whom such care is provided for civil damages.
21 (Source: P.A. 93-1047, eff. 10-18-04.)".