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AL HB408
Bill
Status
4/2/2015
Primary Sponsor
Mack Butler
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AI Summary
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Amends Section 26-14-3, Code of Alabama 1975, to add reporting requirements for suspected chemical endangerment of children by unlawful exposure to controlled substances.
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Requires doctors and healthcare professionals to orally notify law enforcement within two hours of suspecting a child is chemically endangered, even if blood, urine, or other medical test results are not yet available.
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Requires written notification to law enforcement upon subsequent confirmation of chemical endangerment based on medical test results.
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Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor.
Legislative Description
Chemical endangerment, reporting by doctor or healthcare professional, oral report within two hours of suspicion regardless of whether blood or urine test results are available, Sec. 26-14-3 am'd.
Chemical Endangerment
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Health
4/2/2015