HB141 Alabama 2013 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

April WeaverSenator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2013

Title

Alabama Clean Indoor Air Act, smoking on hospital campuses further prohibited, Sec. 22-15A-6 am'd.

Summary

The bill would ban smoking on all hospital property and stop hospitals from designating any smoking areas on their campus.

What This Bill Does

Amends the Alabama Clean Indoor Air Act to remove hospitals from the places where smoking areas may be designated and to prohibit smoking anywhere on hospital property. Smoking would be banned in all areas of a hospital campus, including buildings, parking areas, plazas, vehicles, underground passages, and private offices, with limited carve-outs for certain nearby non-campus areas. Hospitals could still enforce nonsmoking policies across their establishments, but the broad hospital smoking ban remains in effect.

Who It Affects

• Hospital patients, staff, and visitors would not be allowed to smoke anywhere on hospital property.
• Hospital owners, operators, and managers would need to ensure no smoking occurs on hospital property and could not designate smoking areas on hospital grounds.

Key Provisions

• Amends Section 22-15A-6 to prohibit smoking on hospital property and to prohibit designating a smoking area there.
• Explicit ban on smoking in all areas of a hospital campus, including buildings, parking, plazas, vehicles, underground passages, and private offices.
• Carve-outs: the ban does not apply to public thoroughfares and sidewalks adjacent to the hospital not owned by the hospital, or to hospital-owned/leased property distinct from the main campus used for non-healthcare purposes.
• Retains ability for owners to enforce a nonsmoking policy across the entire establishment where applicable.
• Effective date: the act becomes law on the first day of the third month after passage and governor approval.

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Subjects

Alabama Clean Indoor Air Act