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GA HB350

Bill

Status

Engrossed

2/3/2026

Primary Sponsor

Mike Cameron

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Adds licensed ambulance services to the list of authorized safe haven locations where mothers can surrender newborns up to 30 days old without prosecution for abandonment

  • Authorizes medical facilities, fire stations, police stations, and ambulance services to install "newborn safety devices" (baby boxes) as an additional surrender option

  • Newborn safety devices must be enclosed, locked, monitored receptacles located in conspicuous areas at facilities staffed 24/7 by emergency medical services providers

  • Requires newborn safety devices to have a dual alarm system: one alarm connecting to the facility (tested monthly) and one monitoring the interior (checked twice daily), with capability to dispatch ambulances if staff are off-site

  • Extends existing liability protections and Department of Human Services reimbursement for medical and transport costs to ambulance services accepting surrendered newborns

Legislative Description

Domestic relations; safe places for newborns; revise provisions

Last Action

Senate Read and Referred

2/4/2026

Committee Referrals

Health and Human Services2/4/2026
Public Safety and Homeland Security2/11/2025

Full Bill Text

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