Relating to the surrender of infants; to amend Sections 26-25-1, 26-25-2, 26-25-3, and 26-25-5, Code of Alabama 1975, and to add Sections 26-25-1.1 and 26-25-1.2 to the Code of Alabama 1975; to provide for the surrender of an infant to an emergency medical services provider or a hospital; to provide for the surrender of an infant in a baby safety device that meets certain requirements; to authorize the Department of Public Health to adopt rules relating to baby safety devices; to provide for an investigation into whether a surrendered infant is a missing child; to provide an affirmative defense to certain charges to parents who surrender an infant; to further provide for civil immunity for emergency medical services providers who accept surrendered infants; and to repeal Section 26-25-4, Code of Alabama 1975.
Infants, Safe Harbor Act, provides for surrender of newborn infant to certain entities, provides for trearment of surrendered newborn infant, Dept. of Human Resources to assume custody of surrendered newborn infant, Secs. 26-25A-1 to 26-25A-7, inclusive, added; Secs. 26-25-1 to 26-25-5, inclusive, repealed.