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IN HB1013
Bill
Status
2/21/2011
Primary Sponsor
Floyd Grubb
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AI Summary
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Establishes liability protections for "community fast responders" — volunteers who perform CPR, defibrillation, or other emergency services under the direction of a nonprofit corporation
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Requires counties to adopt an ordinance approving community fast responder services before the liability protections take effect
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Mandates that community fast responder nonprofit corporations purchase insurance policies providing at least $700,000 in coverage for bodily injury or property damage caused by responders acting within their duties
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Limits civil liability of individual community fast responders to the insurance coverage amount and prohibits naming them in lawsuits as nonparties or holding them liable for punitive damages
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Caps the civil liability of community fast responder nonprofit corporations at $5,000,000 for injury or death in any occurrence, with no punitive damages liability; excludes hospitals or hospital-operated entities from these protections
Legislative Description
Immunity for fast responders.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security, Transportation and Veterans Affairs
2/22/2011