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SB405 Alabama 2015 Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021
SB405 Alabama 2015 Session
Senate Bill
Expired
Current Status
Regular Session 2015
Session
1
Sponsor

Summary

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

H

Pending third reading on day 28 Favorable from Health

H

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar

H

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Health

S

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1211

S

Third Reading Passed

S

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar

S

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Health and Human Services

Bill Text

Votes

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass

May 26, 2015 Senate Passed
Yes 23
Absent 12

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature