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of surrendered newborn infant, Secs. 26-25A-1 to 26-25A-7, inclusive, added; Secs. 26-25-1 to 26-25-5, inclusive, repealed.
Relating to infants; to add a new Chapter 25A to Title 26 of the Code of Alabama 1975; to require certain safe haven locations and certain hospitals to accept a surrendered newborn infant; to give the Department of Human Resources custody of a surrendered newborn infant; to allow a parent who surrenders a newborn infant to reclaim the infant in certain circumstances; to provide certain affirmative defenses to a parent who surrenders a newborn infant; to exempt a surrendered newborn infant from certain reporting requirements; to provide for a limitation of liability; to authorize the Department of Human Resources to adopt rules; and to repeal Sections 26-25-1 through 26-25-5, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to leaving an abandoned infant with an emergency medical services provider.