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WV HB2125
Bill
Status
2/12/2025
Primary Sponsor
Rick Hillenbrand
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AI Summary
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Expands safe-surrender sites for newborn safety devices to include 911 call centers and ambulance stations that are open and staffed 24 hours a day, 365 days per year
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Requires county commissions to designate eligible 911 centers and ambulance stations as safe-surrender sites in their respective counties
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Maintains existing requirements for newborn safety devices, including dual alarm systems that must notify staff within 30 seconds and trigger a 911 call if no response occurs within 15 minutes
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Allows parents to anonymously surrender infants under 30 days old at these expanded locations without facing child abuse or neglect charges
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Grants immunity from civil and criminal liability to emergency medical services providers acting in good faith when accepting custody of surrendered newborns
Legislative Description
Relating to defining a newborn safety device
Courts
Last Action
To House Health and Human Resources
2/12/2025