SB405 Alabama 2015 Session
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
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Tim Melson SenatorRepublican - Session
- Regular Session 2015
- Title
- Health care workers, infected health care workers, add Hepatitis C infection to definition of, Secs. 22-11A-60, 22-11A-61, 22-11A-62, 22-11A-63, 22-11A-66, 22-11A-67, 22-11A-73 am'd.
- Description
Under existing law, infected health care workers are defined as health care workers who are infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) or hepatitis B virus (HBV).
This bill would add to the definition of infected health care workers those health care workers infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) for purposes of reporting to the State Health Officer.
This bill would also authorize the State Board of Health to designate by rule other diseases that infected health care workers must report to the State Health Officer.
- Subjects
- Hepatitis
Bill Actions
Pending third reading on day 28 Favorable from Health
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Health
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1211
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Health and Human Services
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Source: Alabama Legislature