HB149 Alabama 2013 Session
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Bill Summary
Sponsors
Session
Regular Session 2013
Title
Civil Procedure, certain caregiver volunteers immune from civil action, Sec. 6-5-332 am'd.
Description
<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, certain persons in
certain circumstances are granted civil immunity
for their actions</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would provide civil immunity to
any person who volunteers without cost to provide
temporary care under the direction of the primary
home caregiver for a person who has a disability or
a chronic illness. A volunteer who, in good faith,
performs the care without making any charge for
goods or services therefor may not be liable for
any civil damages as a result of any act or
omission by the volunteer in rendering the care or
as a result of any act or failure to act to provide
or arrange for care for the person with a
disability or a chronic illness, if the volunteer
acts as a reasonably prudent person would have
acted under the same or similar circumstances</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> To amend Section 6-5-332 of the Code of Alabama
1975, the Good Samaritan Law, to provide civil immunity to any
person who volunteers without cost to provide temporary care
under the direction of the primary home caregiver for a person
who has a disability or a chronic illness. Such a volunteer
who, in good faith, performs the care without making any
charge for goods or services therefor may not be liable for
any civil damages as a result of any act or omission by the
volunteer in rendering the care or as a result of any act or
failure to act to provide or arrange for care for the person
with a disability or a chronic illness, if the volunteer acts
as a reasonably prudent person would have acted under the same
or similar circumstances.
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Subjects
Civil Procedure
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2013 | S | Pending third reading on day 29 Favorable from Judiciary |
| May 7, 2013 | S | Holtzclaw table Holtzclaw motion to recommit adopted Roll Call 843 |
| May 2, 2013 | S | Bussman motion to table Smitherman motion to rerefer adopted Roll Call 699 |
| May 2, 2013 | S | Smitherman motion to rerefer |
| May 7, 2013 | S | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar |
| May 2, 2013 | S | Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary |
| April 25, 2013 | H | Beckman intended to vote Yea |
| April 25, 2013 | H | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 849 |
| April 25, 2013 | H | Third Reading Passed |
| February 21, 2013 | H | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar |
| February 5, 2013 | H | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Health |
Bill Text
Bill Votes
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | HB149 Alabama 2013 Session - Introduced |