[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1982 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1982

  To provide grants to the States to encourage the reporting of blood 
alcohol levels that exceed the maximum level permitted under State law 
                       after vehicular accidents.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 30, 1995

  Ms. Furse introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
    Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 
Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
   each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide grants to the States to encourage the reporting of blood 
alcohol levels that exceed the maximum level permitted under State law 
                       after vehicular accidents.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION. 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Carol Bonnono Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

    The Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance is authorized to 
provide grants to States that have developed a program that allows a 
health care provider who treats an individual involved in a vehicular 
accident to report the blood alcohol level, if known, of such 
individual to the local law enforcement agency which has jurisdiction 
over the accident cite if the blood alcohol level exceeds the maximum 
level permitted under State law.

SEC. 3. STATE ELIGIBILITY.

    (a) In General.--To be eligible to receive a grant under this Act, 
a State shall--
            (1) provide assurances that the State has enacted laws that 
        allow a health care provider who treats an individual involved 
        in a vehicular accident to report the blood alcohol level, if 
        known, of such individual to the local law enforcement agency 
        which has jurisdiction over the accident cite if the blood 
        alcohol level exceeds the maximum level permitted under State 
        law;
            (2) provide health care workers who acted in good faith in 
        making a report immunity--
                    (A) from any civil or criminal liability that may 
                incur as a result of the making or content of such 
                report; and
                    (B) from participation in any judicial proceeding 
                that may pertain to such report.
    (b) Priority.--In awarding grants under this Act, the Director of 
the Bureau of Justice Assistance shall give priority to States that 
require a health care provider to report the information described in 
subsection (a)(1).

SEC. 4. USES OF FUNDS.

    A State that receives a grant under this Act may use funds to 
provide assistance to law enforcement agencies which attempt to reduce 
drunken driving, or to organizations that provide treatment for alcohol 
and substance abuse.

SEC. 5. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) State Reporting.--A State that receives funds under this Act 
shall submit a report annually to the Attorney General.
    (b) Attorney General Reporting.--The Attorney General shall submit 
a report annually to Congress regarding the effectiveness of programs 
developed with funds provided under this Act.

SEC. 6. DEFINITION.

    For purposes of this Act, the term ``State'' means each of the 50 
States, the District of Columbia, the United States Virgin Islands, 
America Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands.

SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated $20,000,000 for fiscal year 
1996 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 
1997 through 2000 to carry out this Act.
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