WEST virginia legislature

2020 regular session

ENROLLED

House Bill 4585

By Delegates Hill and Pack
(By Request of the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources)

[Passed March 7, 2020; in effect ninety days from passage.]

AN ACT to amend and reenact §49-2-810 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to immunity from criminal and civil liability and amending the provision of immunity to explicitly grant immunity from civil or criminal liability for individuals providing information or assistance to a good faith report of child abuse or neglect.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 2. STATE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR CHILDREN.

§49-2-810. Immunity from liability.

Any person, official, or institution participating in good faith in any act permitted or required by this article is immune from any civil or criminal liability that otherwise might result by reason of those actions, including individuals making good faith reports of suspected or known instances of child abuse or neglect, or who otherwise provide information or assistance, including medical evaluations or consultations, in connection with a report, investigation or legal intervention pursuant to a good faith report of child abuse or neglect.

The Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills hereby certifies that the foregoing bill is correctly enrolled.

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        Chairman, House Committee

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                             Chairman, Senate Committee

Originating in the House.

In effect ninety days from passage.

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                  Clerk of the House of Delegates

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                                                   Clerk of the Senate

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                                                   Speaker of the House of Delegates

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                                                                                     President of the Senate

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                                                                                                Governor