Text: HF00294 Text: HF00296 Text: HF00200 - HF00299 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 613.17A ASSISTANCE BY CRITICAL 1 2 INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT TEAMS. 1 3 1. As used in this section: 1 4 a. "Critical incident" means an extraordinary event that 1 5 results in acute or cumulative psychological stress or trauma. 1 6 b. "Critical incident stress management" means a process 1 7 of crisis intervention designed to assist emergency services 1 8 personnel and victims of disasters and other extraordinary 1 9 events in coping with the psychological trauma resulting from 1 10 the emergency personnel's response to a critical incident. 1 11 c. "Critical incident stress management team" means the 1 12 group of one or more volunteers who provides critical incident 1 13 stress management services in response to a particular 1 14 critical incident. 1 15 2. A person serving as part of a critical incident stress 1 16 management team, who in good faith performs critical incident 1 17 stress management, shall not be liable for any civil damages 1 18 for acts or omissions occurring at the place of a critical 1 19 incident or otherwise during critical incident stress 1 20 management unless such acts or omissions constitute 1 21 recklessness. 1 22 3. For purposes of this section, the fact that a team 1 23 member may receive nominal compensation not based upon the 1 24 value of the services provided shall not negate the limitation 1 25 of liability in subsection 2. 1 26 EXPLANATION 1 27 This bill relates to limitation of liability for services 1 28 performed by critical incident stress management teams, which 1 29 are groups of volunteers who provide stress management to 1 30 emergency services personnel and victims of disasters and 1 31 other extraordinary events following such an event. A team 1 32 member who provides such services in good faith is liable for 1 33 damages arising from acts or omissions in connection with such 1 34 services only if the acts or omissions constitute 1 35 recklessness. 2 1 The bill defines "critical incident", "critical incident 2 2 stress management", and "critical incident stress management 2 3 team". The bill also provides that compensation received by 2 4 the volunteer which is not related to the value of the 2 5 services performed will not affect the limitation of liability 2 6 provided by this bill. 2 7 LSB 1809YH 78 2 8 jj/cf/24
Text: HF00294 Text: HF00296 Text: HF00200 - HF00299 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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