SB402 Summary

• Applies only to Barbour County and authorizes designated law enforcement officers to place individuals believed to be mentally ill and an immediate danger to themselves or others into protective custody.

• Officers must transport individuals in protective custody to a hospital or designated treatment facility for evaluation and treatment, and may use reasonable force if the individual does not consent to transport.

• Individuals must be released from the facility within 72 hours, excluding weekends and legal holidays, unless a probate judge orders further inpatient or outpatient treatment.

• Protective custody under this section is not considered an arrest and cannot be recorded as a detention or criminal charge.

• Law enforcement officers, hospitals, physicians, and medical providers acting in good faith under this act receive immunity from civil liability under Alabama Code Section 36-1-12, without modifying existing medical liability laws.