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HB55 Alabama 2016 Session

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Bill Summary

Sponsors
  • April Weaver
Session
Regular Session 2016
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. </p>
Subjects
Civil Procedure

Bill Actions

Action Date Chamber Action
May 4, 2016 S Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 975
May 4, 2016 S Ward motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 974
May 4, 2016 S Health and Human Services first Substitute Offered
May 4, 2016 S Third Reading Passed
April 20, 2016 S Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and
April 5, 2016 S Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Health and Human Services
March 23, 2016 H Engrossed
March 23, 2016 H Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 386
March 23, 2016 H Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 385
March 23, 2016 H Health Amendment Offered
March 23, 2016 H Third Reading Passed
February 23, 2016 H Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment
February 2, 2016 H Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Health

Bill Calendar

Type Date Location Description
Hearing April 20, 2016 ROOM 304 at 12:00 Senate HLTH Hearing
Hearing February 23, 2016 Room 200 at 09:30 House HLTH Hearing
Hearing February 10, 2016 Room 429 at 09:00 House HLTH Hearing

Bill Text

Download HB55 Alabama 2016 Session PDF

Bill Votes

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass
2016-05-04
Chamber: Senate
Result: Passed
Ward motion to Adopt
2016-05-04
Chamber: Senate
Result: Passed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass
2016-03-23
Chamber: House
Result: Passed
Motion to Adopt
2016-03-23
Chamber: House
Result: Passed

Bill Documents

Type Link
Bill Text HB55 Alabama 2016 Session - Introduced
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