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HB240 Alabama 2019 Session

Updated Apr 26, 2021
HB240 Alabama 2019 Session
House Bill
Expired
Current Status
Regular Session 2019
Session
1
Sponsor

Summary

Session
Regular Session 2019
Title
Crimes of Violence Treatment Reporting Act, requiring physicians and health care professionals to report certain types of injuries and illnesses to police or appropriate law enforcement authorities
Description

Under existing law, there is no provision for a physician, health care professional, health care facility director, administrator, or his or her designee, to report an injury likely caused by a crime or an act of violence.

This bill would create the Crimes of Violence Treatment Reporting Act.

This bill would require a physician, health care professional, health care facility director, administrator, or a designee, to report to the appropriate law enforcement authorities when any person with a particular injury, wound, or illness is treated.

Subjects
Health Care Providers

Bill Actions

H

Judiciary first Amendment Offered

H

Pending third reading on day 10 Favorable from Judiciary with 1 amendment

H

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment

H

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

Bill Text

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature