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IN HB1073
Bill
Status
1/5/2016
Primary Sponsor
Casey Cox
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AI Summary
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Emergency medical services providers may take custody of children not more than 30 days old who are voluntarily left with them by a parent without expressing intent to return, without a court order.
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Providers taking custody must perform any act necessary to protect the child's physical health or safety.
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Parents or persons voluntarily leaving a child with an emergency medical services provider are not obligated to disclose their name or the child's parent's name.
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Emergency medical services providers and their employers are immune from civil or criminal liability for accepting the child in good faith, except for acts or omissions resulting from gross negligence or willful, wanton, or intentional misconduct.
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The bill becomes effective July 1, 2016.
Legislative Description
Immunity for accepting certain abandoned children. Provides immunity to an emergency medical services provider (provider) or the provider's employer who takes custody of a child that is voluntarily left by the child's parent if the provider takes custody of the child in good faith. Limits the extension of immunity for the provider to acts or omissions that do not result from the provider's gross negligence or willful, wanton, or intentional misconduct.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
1/5/2016