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HB96
Rep(s). By Representative Butler HB96 ENROLLED, An Act, To establish the Assisted Suicide Ban
Act; to prohibit a person or a health care provider from providing aid in dying under certain
conditions; to provide civil and criminal penalties; and in connection therewith to have as
its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within
the meaning of Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section
111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended. BE
IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited
as the Assisted Suicide Ban Act. Section 2. The Legislature finds all of the following: (1)
In almost every state, it is a crime to assist a suicide. These bans are long-standing expressions
of the commitment of the states to protect and preserve all human life. (2) The state has
an interest in protecting vulnerable groups, including the...
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SB198
181159-2:n:01/26/2017:JET/th LRS2017-49R1 SB198 By Senators Williams, Livingston, Allen, Bussman,
Chambliss, Ross, Marsh, Waggoner, Ward, Albritton, Brewbaker and Orr RFD Health and Human
Services Rd 1 16-FEB-17 SYNOPSIS: This bill would establish the Assisted Suicide Ban Act to
prohibit a person or a health care provider from providing aid in dying to another person
and would provide civil and criminal penalties for violations. Amendment 621 of the Constitution
of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution
of Alabama of 1901, as amended, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to
require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard
to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one
of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature
appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to...
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HB373
Rep(s). By Representatives Weaver and McCutcheon HB373 ENGROSSED A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT
Relating to terminally ill minors; to amend Sections 22-8A-2, 22-8A-3, and 22-8A-7, as last
amended by Act 2016-96, 2016 Regular Session, Code of Alabama 1975; to add Sections 22-8A-15
to 22-8A-18, inclusive, to the Code of Alabama 1975; to create the Alex Hoover Act; to provide
for palliative and end of life individual health plans to be created by the parents or guardians
of a minor with a terminal illness; to provide civil and criminal immunity to individuals,
health care providers, and schools, who undertake to follow the directives of a palliative
and end of life individual health plan; to establish a task force to work in conjunction with
the Department of Public Health to establish a Physician Order for Pediatric Palliative and
End of Life (PPEL) Care form; to require the State Board of Education to promulgate rules
establishing a palliative and end of life individual health plan form...
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SB328
182427-1:n:02/15/2017:PMG/th LRS2017-683 SB328 By Senator Glover RFD Health and Human Services
Rd 1 16-MAR-17 SYNOPSIS: This bill would update provisions relating to the Office of the State
Long Term Care Ombudsman Program to reflect new federal regulations. This bill would delete
outdated and obsolete terms and provisions. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to the Office
of the Long Term Care Ombudsman Program; to amend Sections 22-5A-1 to 22-5A-7, Code of Alabama
1975; to update provisions to reflect new federal regulations; and to delete outdated and
obsolete terms and provisions. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections
22-5A-1 to 22-5A-7, inclusive, of the Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows:
§22-5A-1. "This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Long-term Residential
Health Care Recipient Ombudsman Act." Office of the State Long Term Care Ombudsman Program
Act. §22-5A-2. "For the purposes of this chapter, the following words...
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HB315
Rep(s). By Representatives Johnson (K) and Pettus HB315 ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to midwives;
to amend Section 34-19-3, Code of Alabama 1975; to exempt a midwife holding a current midwifery
certification from an organization accredited by the Institute for Credentialing Excellence
from the crime of practicing midwifery without a license; and to make the practice of lay
midwifery a criminal offense; to add Sections 34-19-11 to 34-19-20, inclusive, to the Code
of Alabama 1975; to establish a State Board of Midwifery to license and regulate the practice
of certified professional midwifery; to provide for the composition of the board and function
of the board; to specify requirements for the licensing of midwives and provide for licensing
fees; to establish guidelines for the practice of midwifery; to provide for penalties for
violations; to amend Section 22-9A-7, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to registration of births;
to amend Section 34-43-3, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the...
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HB455
Rep(s). By Representative Williams (JD) HB455 ENGROSSED A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating
to infectious diseases; to create the Alabama Injection-Associated Infectious Disease Elimination
Act; to authorize the Department of Public Health and local health authorities to establish
injection-associated infectious disease elimination pilot programs in certain counties; to
provide guidelines for injection-associated infectious disease elimination pilot programs;
and to provide criminal and civil immunity to certain individuals and entities to facilitate
and encourage participation in infectious disease elimination programs. BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama
Injection-Associated Infectious Disease Elimination Act. Section 2. The Legislature finds
all of the following: (1) Persons of all ages who do not misuse, abuse, or inject heroin,
opioids, or other drugs may nevertheless be exposed to and contract...
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HB212
Rep(s). By Representative Brown HB212 ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Section 34-13-1, as amended
by Act 2016-265, 2016 Regular Session, and Sections 34-13-3, 34-13-8, 34-13-10, 34-13-11,
34-13-20, 34-13-21, 34-13-23, 34-13-25, 34-13-26, 34-13-29, 34-13-31, 34-13-51, 34-13-52,
34-13-53, 34-13-54, 34-13-55, 34-13-56, 34-13-57, 34-13-70, 34-13-71, 34-13-74, 34-13-91,
34-13-110, 34-13-111, 34-13-112, 34-13-113, 34-13-115, 34-13-116, 34-13-120, 34-13-121, 34-13-130,
34-13-131, 34-13-132, and 34-13-134, Code of Alabama 1975, and to add Sections 34-13-56.1,
34-13-117, 34-13-120.1, and 34-13-123 to the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Alabama
Board of Funeral Service and the Funeral Service Practice Act; to provide further for definitions;
to provide further for the membership of the board; to change the name of the executive secretary
of the board to the executive director of the board; to include the grandchildren of the decedent
in the priority list of those persons eligible to act as...
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HB95
Rep(s). By Representative Mooney HB95 ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to health care, to allow health
care providers to decline to perform any health care service that violates their conscience
and provide remedies for persons who exercise that right and suffer consequences as a result.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. This act may be known and cited as
the Health Care Rights of Conscience Act. Section 2. The Legislature finds and declares: (1)
It is the public policy of the State of Alabama to respect and protect the fundamental right
of conscience of individuals who provide health care services. (2) Without comprehensive protection,
health care rights of conscience may be violated in various ways, such as harassment, demotion,
salary reduction, termination, loss of privileges, denial of aid or benefits, and refusal
to license, or refusal to certify. (3) It is the purpose of this act to protect religious
or ethical rights of all health care providers to decline to...
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SB185
173640-1:n:02/09/2016:DSM*/th LRS2016-494 SB185 By Senator Sanford RFD Health and Human Services
Rd 1 14-FEB-17 SYNOPSIS: This bill would give health care providers the following: The authority
to refuse to perform or to participate in health care services that violate their conscience;
immunity from civil, criminal, or administrative liability for refusing to provide or participate
in a health care service that violates their conscience. This bill would declare it unlawful
for any person to discriminate against health care providers for declining to participate
in a health care service that violates their conscience. The bill would also provide for injunctive
relief and back pay for violation. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to health care, to
allow health care providers to decline to perform any health care service that violates their
conscience and provide remedies for persons who exercise that right and suffer consequences
as a result. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF...
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HB441
184388-1:n:03/22/2017:FC/cj LRS2017-1367 HB441 By Representative Johnson (R) RFD County and
Municipal Government Rd 1 04-APR-17 SYNOPSIS: This bill would specify that for purposes of
municipal business licenses, a qualified home health care or hospice agency or a qualified
provider of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, or health care supplies could
not be required to purchase a municipal business license in a municipality unless it maintains
its headquarters or any branch office in the municipality or has gross receipts of $75,000
or more per year in the municipality. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To specify that for purposes
of municipal business licenses, a qualified provider that is a qualified home health care
or hospice agency or a qualified provider of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics,
or health care supplies could not be required to purchase a municipal or county business license
in a municipality unless the provider maintains its headquarters or...
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