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SB218
DG2FSHT-1
By Senator Price
RFD: Judiciary
First Read: 04-Mar-25
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First Read: 04-Mar-25
SYNOPSIS:
This bill would establish the crime of failure
to render aid, which would be committed if, while
engaged in the illegal use of a controlled substance
with another: (i) a person knowingly fails to seek
medical assistance for another individual suffering
from an overdose of the controlled substance or
suffering a significant adverse physical reaction to
the controlled substance; and (ii) the overdose or
adverse physical reaction proximately causes the death
of the other individual.
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to crimes and offenses; to establish the crime
of failure to render aid; and to provide for a criminal
penalty for a violation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. (a) A person commits the crime of failure to
render aid if, while engaged in the unlawful use of a
controlled substance enumerated in Schedules I through V with
another individual, all of the following occur:
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another individual, all of the following occur:
(1) The other individual suffers an overdose of the
controlled substance or suffers a significant adverse physical
reaction to the controlled substance.
(2) The person knowingly fails to seek medical
assistance for the other individual.
(3) The overdose or adverse physical reaction
proximately causes the death of the other individual.
(b) Failure to render aid is a Class C felony.
Section 2. This act shall become effective on October
1, 2025.
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