SB289 Alabama 2021 Session
Bill Summary
Under existing law, the recovery of damages under any judgment against a governmental entity is limited to a certain amount of damages depending upon the type of claim and the number of injured persons involved
Also under existing law, certain regional mental health programs and facilities are authorized to incorporate as a public corporation with powers prescribed by law, including the power to provide services such as inpatient, outpatient, partial hospitalization, emergency care, residential care, and aftercare for persons combating all forms of mental or emotional illnesses or disabilities, including alcoholism, drug addiction, epilepsy, and intellectual disability. The public corporations are exempted from state taxation by law
This bill would include those regional mental health programs and facilities within the meaning of the term governmental entity to provide those programs and facilities with a statutory limitation of liability
Relating to tort claims and judgments against local governmental entities; to amend Section 11-93-1, Code of Alabama 1975, to include certain public mental health programs and facilities within the limitation of liability provided for governmental entities.
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2021 | S | Assigned Act No. 2021-437. |
| May 4, 2021 | S | Enrolled |
| May 4, 2021 | H | Signature Requested |
| April 29, 2021 | H | Hurst intended to vote Yea |
| May 4, 2021 | S | Passed Second House |
| April 29, 2021 | H | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1094 |
| April 29, 2021 | H | Third Reading Passed |
| April 22, 2021 | H | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar |
| April 13, 2021 | H | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Health |
| April 13, 2021 | S | Engrossed |
| April 13, 2021 | S | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 930 |
| April 13, 2021 | S | Albritton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 929 |
| April 13, 2021 | S | Judiciary first Substitute Offered |
| April 13, 2021 | S | Third Reading Passed |
| April 8, 2021 | S | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and |
| March 2, 2021 | S | Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary |
Bill Calendar
| Type | Date | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hearing | April 21, 2021 | Room 206 at 09:30 | House HLTH Hearing |
| Hearing | April 8, 2021 | Room 325 at 08:45 | Senate JUDY Hearing |
Bill Text
Bill Votes
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | SB289 Alabama 2021 Session - Enrolled |
| Bill Text | SB289 Alabama 2021 Session - Engrossed |
| Bill Text | SB289 Alabama 2021 Session - Introduced |
| Bill Amendments | Senate Judiciary first Substitute Offered |
| Fiscal Note | Fiscal Note - SB289 for Judiciary |
| Fiscal Note | Fiscal Note - SB289 for Judiciary |
| Fiscal Note | Fiscal Note - SB289 for Health |