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  5. 2019 Alabama House Bills
  6. HB 240

HB 240

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  • 1 Bill Summary
  • 2 Bill Actions
  • 3 Bill Calendar
  • 4 Bill Text
  • 5 Bill Documents

Bill Summary

Sponsors
  • April Weaver
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

To create the Crimes of Violence Treatment Reporting Act; to require a physician, health care professional, health care facility director, administrator, or his or her designee, to report to the appropriate law enforcement authorities when any person with a particular injury, wound, or illness is treated; to require a treating physician, health care professional, health care facility director, administrator, or his or her designee, to report to the appropriate law enforcement authorities if the injury, wound, or illness appears to be the result of non-accidental trauma; and to provide immunity to a reporting health care official for reporting the treatment of an individual for certain injuries and illnesses.

Subjects
Health Care Providers

Bill Actions

Action Date Chamber Action
April 11, 2019 H Judiciary first Amendment Offered
April 11, 2019 H Pending third reading on day 10 Favorable from Judiciary with 1 amendment
April 11, 2019 H Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment
March 20, 2019 H Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary

Bill Calendar

Type Date Location Description
Hearing April 10, 2019 Room 200 at 14:00 House JUDY Hearing
Hearing April 10, 2019 Room 200 at 13:30 House JUDY Hearing
Hearing April 3, 2019 PLEASE NOTE: ROOM CHANGE ROOM 617 at 13:30 House JUDY Hearing

Bill Text

Download HB 240 PDF

Bill Documents

Type Link
Bill Text HB 240 - Introduced
Bill Amendments House Judiciary first Amendment Offered
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