HB 5133 Illinois House · 96th Regular Session

EMERGENCY VOLUNTEER HEALTH

Summary
Creates the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act. Provides for the registration of volunteer health practitioners with a registration system for the provision of health or veterinary services in the State for a host entity while an emergency declaration is in effect. Provides for the creation of the registration system. Provides that the Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall be the administrating authority of the uniform Act. Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois to grant the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation the power to request the services of emergency volunteer health practitioners registered under the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act. Amends the Good Samaritan Act to include volunteers under the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act in the list of disaster relief volunteers granted immunity from liability under the Act and to broaden the types of emergency situations in which the immunity applies.
Bill status failed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2010
Committee Review
Apr 2010
House Passage
Mar 2010
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 12, 2010 Last action Jan 11, 2011
Floor votes · House Mar 11, 2010

How they voted

106–0
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 111
Mar 11, 2010
D Democratic64
61 Yea 3
95% Yea
R Republican47
45 Yea 2
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
23
Key actions
2
Committee
6
Apr 23, 2010
Committee
Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
upper
Apr 6, 2010
Committee
Assigned to Licensed Activities
upper
Mar 15, 2010
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
Mar 12, 2010
Introduced
Arrive in Senate
upper
Mar 11, 2010
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (106-0-5)
house
Mar 3, 2010
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 015-000-000
lower
Feb 16, 2010
Committee
Assigned to State Government Administration Committee
lower
Jan 29, 2010
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
0 primary · 1 co-sponsor

Sponsors

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