Bill Text - HB118 (2013)

(New Title) providing immunity from criminal prosecution for seeking medical assistance with an emergency drug or alcohol overdose event.


Revision: March 13, 2013, midnight

HB 118 – AS INTRODUCED

2013 SESSION

13-0109

04/03

HOUSE BILL 118

AN ACT providing legal immunity for 911 calls for drug or alcohol related emergencies.

SPONSORS: Rep. Winters, Hills 18

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

ANALYSIS

This bill provides civil and criminal immunity for any person who in good faith places a call through the enhanced 911 system to report a suspected drug or alcohol related emergency.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

13-0109

04/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen

AN ACT providing legal immunity for 911 calls for drug or alcohol related emergencies.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 New Section; Enhanced 911 System; Immunity. Amend RSA 106-H by inserting after section 15 the following new section:

106-H:15-a Immunity. Any person who places a call through the enhanced 911 system to report a suspected drug or alcohol related emergency shall be immune from any civil or criminal liability for good faith conduct arising from or pertaining to the placing of the call. This section shall also apply to any person who is the subject of the 911 emergency call.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.