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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
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Text: HF00294 Text: HF00296 Text: HF00200 - HF00299 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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