Bill Text: WV HB4585 | 2020 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Providing immunity from civil or criminal liability for making good faith reports of suspected or known instances of child abuse or neglect
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-04-15 - Chapter 45, Acts, Regular Session, 2020 [HB4585 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2020-HB4585-Enrolled.html
WEST virginia legislature
2020 regular session
ENROLLED
House Bill 4585
By Delegates Hill and Pack
(By Request of the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources)
[Passed March 7, 2020; in effect ninety days from passage.]
AN ACT to amend and reenact §49-2-810 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to immunity from criminal and civil liability and amending the provision of immunity to explicitly grant immunity from civil or criminal liability for individuals providing information or assistance to a good faith report of child abuse or neglect.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 2. STATE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR CHILDREN.
§49-2-810. Immunity from liability.
Any person, official, or institution participating in good faith in any act permitted or required by this article is immune from any civil or criminal liability that otherwise might result by reason of those actions, including individuals making good faith reports of suspected or known instances of child abuse or neglect, or who otherwise provide information or assistance, including medical evaluations or consultations, in connection with a report, investigation or legal intervention pursuant to a good faith report of child abuse or neglect.
