Amendments for SB24-083
Senate Journal, February 21
After consideration on the merits, the Committee recommends that SB24-083 be amended
as follows, and as so amended, be referred to the Committee of the Whole with favorable
recommendation.
Amend printed bill, page 5, line 17, after "HOSPITAL," insert "FREESTANDING
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT,".
Page 5, line 22, strike "HOSPITAL" and substitute "HOSPITAL, FREESTANDING
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT,".
Page 6, after line 4 insert:
"(d) "FREESTANDING EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT" MEANS A HEALTH
FACILITY AS DEFINED IN AND REQUIRED TO BE LICENSED PURSUANT TO SECTION
25-1.5-114.".
Page 7, after line 22 insert:
"SECTION 5. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 18-6-401, amend (9)(a);
and repeal (9)(b) as follows:
18-6-401. Child abuse - definition. (9) (a) If a parent is charged with
permitting a child to be unreasonably placed in a situation that poses a threat of
injury to the child's life or health, pursuant to subsection (1)(a) of this section,
and the child was seventy-two hours old or younger at the time of the alleged
offense, it is an affirmative defense to the charge that the parent safely,
reasonably, and knowingly handed RELINQUISHED the child over to a firefighter,
as defined in section 18-3-201 (1.5), or to a staff member who engages in the
admission, care, or treatment of patients at a hospital or community clinic
emergency center, as defined in subsection (9)(b) of this section, when the
firefighter is at a fire station, or the staff member is at a hospital or community
clinic emergency center, as defined in subsection (9)(b) of this section TO AN
AUTHORIZED PERSON AT AN AUTHORIZED FACILITY OR TO A NEWBORN SAFETY
DEVICE LOCATED AT AN AUTHORIZED FACILITY PURSUANT TO SECTION
19-3-304.5.
(b) "Community clinic emergency center" means a community clinic
licensed by the department of public health and environment pursuant to section
25-3-101 (2)(a)(I)(B) that:
(I) Delivers emergency services; and
(II) Provides emergency care twenty-four hours per day and seven days
a week throughout the year, except if located in a rural or frontier area that does
not have the demand to support twenty-four-hour service or only operates each
year during a specified time period due to seasonal population influx.
Renumber succeeding section accordingly.