SB62 Summary

• Amends Section 6-5-332 of the Alabama Code (Good Samaritan Law) to add subsection (h) providing civil immunity to unpaid volunteers who provide temporary care under direction of a primary home caregiver.

• Volunteers caring for persons with disabilities or chronic illnesses are protected from civil liability for acts or omissions if they perform care in good faith and act as a reasonably prudent person would under similar circumstances.

• Immunity covers both actions taken while rendering care and failures to act in providing or arranging further care for the person with disability or chronic illness.

• Volunteer must provide services without cost and without making any charge for goods or services to qualify for immunity protection.

• Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor.