HB516 Alabama 2011 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Greg Burdine

Democrat

Co-Sponsors

April WeaverPaul W. LeeDan WilliamsLynn GreerWilliam RobertsTerri CollinsElaine BeechMary Sue McClurkinAlan BootheRon JohnsonBarry MooreWes LongRichard BaughnMark TuggleBill PooleMike JonesWayne JohnsonJim PattersonKen JohnsonDonnie ChesteenKurt WallaceMac ButtramBecky NordgrenRichard J. LairdCharles O. NewtonAllen TreadawayJack WilliamsGregory CanfieldMac McCutcheonRandy DavisTodd GreesonElwyn ThomasJeremy OdenSteve HurstLesley VanceAlan HarperJoe FaustChad FincherAlan BakerBlaine GalliherMicky HammonPhil WilliamsHoward SanderfordDuwayne BridgesBarry MaskSteve ClouseJim BartonRandy WoodJim McClendonMike Millican

Session

Regular Session 2011

Title

Health care providers, physicians, etc., requiring disclosure regarding firearm ownership, prohibited, medical record inclusion of firearm information or disclosure of information about firearm ownership, prohibited, civil penalties, exceptions

Description

Under existing law, a health care provider is not precluded from conditioning medical treatment upon a patient's willingness to disclose personal information regarding the ownership or possession of a firearm, recording information regarding firearm ownership in medical records, or disclosing information related to firearms.

This bill would create civil penalties for certain health care providers who condition medical treatment upon a patient's willingness or refusal to disclose information regarding the ownership or possession of firearms.

This bill would create civil penalties for certain health care providers to enter information concerning firearms into any medical record or otherwise disclose this information to any source, whether intentionally, inadvertently, or accidentally.

This bill would also provide limited exceptions from the prohibitions in the bill in the course of emergency treatment, including mental health emergencies.

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Subjects

Health Care