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HB55
Rep(s). By Representative Weaver HB55 ENGROSSED A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section
6-5-332 of the Code of Alabama 1975, the Good Samaritan Law, to provide civil immunity to
any person who volunteers without cost to provide temporary care under the direction of the
primary home caregiver for a person who has a disability or a chronic illness. Such a volunteer
who, in good faith, performs the care without making any charge for goods or services therefor
may not be liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission by the volunteer
in rendering the care or as a result of any act or failure to act to provide or arrange for
care for the person with a disability or a chronic illness, if the volunteer acts as a reasonably
prudent person would have acted under the same or similar circumstances. BE IT ENACTED BY
THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 6-5-332 of the Code of Alabama 1975, is amended
to read as follows: §6-5-332. "(a) When any doctor of medicine or...
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SB280
174227-1:n:02/17/2016:JET/tj LRS2016-709 SB280 By Senators Dunn, Orr and Beasley RFD Health
and Human Services Rd 1 23-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, as a condition of participation
in the Public Education Employees Health Insurance Programs (PEEHIP), a pharmacist is required
to dispense a generic equivalent medication to fill a prescription for a PEEHIP patient when
one is available unless the physician indicates otherwise in longhand writing on the prescription.
This bill would allow a prescribing physician to also indicate that a generic equivalent drug
should not be used by indicating such by mark or signature in the appropriate place on the
prescription or by indicating such in an electronic prescription. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN
ACT To amend Section 16-25A-18, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to generic equivalent medications,
to allow a prescribing physician to also indicate that a generic equivalent drug should not
be used by indicating such by mark or signature in the...
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SB301
173229-1:n:02/04/2016:PMG/mfc LRS2016-261 SB301 By Senator Orr RFD Fiscal Responsibility and
Economic Development Rd 1 24-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, title loan lenders are not
licensed. This bill would provide for the licensure and regulation of title loan lenders by
the State Banking Department. This bill would prescribe maximum annual interest rates for
title loans. This bill would prescribe procedures when there is a default of a title loan.
This bill would prohibit the issuance of a title loan to a person under the age of 19 years.
This bill would provide for the enforcement of the act by fines and criminal penalties. 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...
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HB326
173229-1:n:02/04/2016:PMG/mfc LRS2016-261 HB326 By Representatives Todd, Hall, Coleman, Moore
(M), Rogers, Jackson, England, Melton, Grimsley, Morrow, Beech, Buskey, Howard, Bracy, Polizos,
Drummond, Forte, Warren, Greer, Sessions, Gaston, Pringle, Collins, Nordgren, Rowe, Henry,
Treadaway and Harper RFD Financial Services Rd 1 25-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, title
loan lenders are not licensed. This bill would provide for the licensure and regulation of
title loan lenders by the State Banking Department. This bill would prescribe maximum annual
interest rates for title loans. This bill would prescribe procedures when there is a default
of a title loan. This bill would prohibit the issuance of a title loan to a person under the
age of 19 years. This bill would provide for the enforcement of the act by fines and criminal
penalties. 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...
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SB22
SB22 By Senator Whatley ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Section 13A-6-2 of the Code of Alabama 1975;
to provide that a person commits the crime of murder if he or she commits or attempts to commit
aggravated child abuse and he or she causes the death of another person during the commission
or attempt; and in connection therewith would 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 cited as Ava's Law.Section 2. Section 13A-6-2 of the
Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: §13A-6-2. "(a) A person commits
the crime of murder if he or she does any of the following: "(1) With intent to cause
the death of another person, he or she causes the death of that person or...
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SB324
SB324 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, a minor who has attained 16 years of age may be charged,
arrested, and tried as an adult for capital offenses, other specified felonies, and certain
lesser included offenses. This bill would repeal this provision and would allow for the transfer
of a child 14 years of age or more from the juvenile court to the circuit court if the child
is alleged to have committed a capital offense, other specified felonies, and certain lesser
included offenses. This bill would also specify that the transfer of a case from juvenile
court to circuit court does not prohibit a circuit court judge from granting an individual
youthful offender status. Existing law also specifies who may be detained or confined in secure
custody and when a child may be detained in a jail or other facility for the detention of
adults. This bill would provide that a child 14 years of age or older whose case was transferred
from the juvenile court to the circuit court may be detained or...
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HB299
174110-1:n:02/16/2016:KMS/cj LRS2016-658 HB299 By Representative Henry RFD Education Policy
Rd 1 24-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, at the beginning of each school year local boards
of education are required to adopt and make available codes of student conduct that describe
specific grounds for disciplinary action and explain the responsibilities and rights of students
with regard to attendance, conduct, and other matters. Also under existing law, local boards
of education are required to develop and implement local policies and procedures requiring
the one-year expulsion of students who have brought to school or have in their possession
a firearm in a school building, on school grounds, on school buses, or at other school-sponsored
functions. This bill would require local boards of education to impose punishment in an offense
appropriate manner on a case-by-case basis and would prohibit any local board of education
from adopting and enforcing any so-called "zero tolerance"...
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HB316
172393-2:n:02/08/2016:FC/mfc LRS2015-3116R1 HB316 By Representative Johnson (R) RFD Judiciary
Rd 1 24-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would provide a lien for sums recovered as damages for
personal injury in any civil action for health care services rendered to the plaintiff. A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to damages recovered for personal injury in civil actions;
to provide a lien under certain conditions for health care services rendered to the plaintiff.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. (a) This act may be cited as the Health
Care Services Lien Act. (b) For purposes of this act, the following words have the following
meanings: (1) HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL. Any individual in any of the following license categories:
A licensed physician, licensed chiropractor, licensed dentist, licensed optometrist, licensed
orthotist, licensed prosthetist, or licensed physical therapist. (2) HEALTH CARE PROVIDER.
Any entity in any of the following license categories: A...
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HB335
Rep(s). By Representative Williams (JD) HB335 ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Sections 12-21-131
and 15-1-3 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to interpreters in certain criminal and juvenile
proceedings; to expand the types of proceedings for which an interpreter may be requested
and to clarify the persons who may request an interpreter. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE
OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections 12-21-131 and 15-1-3 of the Code of Alabama 1975, are amended
to read as follows: §12-21-131. "(a) "Deaf person" means any person either
totally deaf, or who has defective hearing, or who has both defective hearing and speech.
"(b) For the purpose of this section, the term "qualified interpreter" means
an interpreter certified by the National Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Alabama Registry
of Interpreters for the Deaf, or, in the event an interpreter so certified is not available,
an interpreter whose qualifications are otherwise determined. Efforts to obtain the services
of a...
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SB115
172469-2:n:01/14/2016:JET/tj LRS2015-3169R1 SB115 By Senator Sanford RFD Judiciary Rd 1 02-FEB-16
SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, it is an affirmative defense to a prosecution for the unlawful
possession of marijuana if the defendant has a debilitating epileptic condition and he or
she, or a parent or caretaker, used or possessed cannabidiol (CBD) pursuant to a prescription
by a health care practitioner employed by the Department of Neurology at the University of
Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). The availability of the affirmative defense is repealed on July
1, 2019. This bill would revise the affirmative defense to include a defendant who is prosecuted
for unlawful possession of marijuana in the second degree if the defendant used the cannabidiol
(CBD) because he or she was diagnosed with a debilitating medical condition, as defined in
the bill, by a physician with whom he or she had a bona fide physician-patient relationship
and the CBD provides the defendant with therapeutic or pallative...
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