Virginia Senate Bill 1371

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2021 - 25% progression
Action: 2021-01-13 - Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Safe haven protections; newborn safety device. Provides an affirmative defense in certain criminal prosecutions and civil proceedings regarding child abuse or neglect to a parent who safely delivers his child within the first 14 days of the child's life to a newborn safety device located at a hospital that provides 24-hour emergency services or at an attended emergency medical services agency that employs emergency medical services personnel. The bill also provides civil and criminal immunity to such hospitals and emergency medical services agencies for injuries to children received through such newborn safety devices, provided that (i) the injuries are not the result of gross negligence or willful misconduct and (ii) the hospital or emergency medical services agency meets certain requirements regarding the establishment, functioning, and testing of the device.

Safe haven protections; newborn safety device.

Sen. Frank Ruff [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-13	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2021-01-13	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100286D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	1	228	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	371	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	371.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	1	103	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	100	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	01	226.5:2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+sum+SB1371
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+SB1371+hil