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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.
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 com-
mittee concerned
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 Representa-
tives 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 ac-
cident 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 en-
acted 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 al-
cohol 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 pro-
ceeding 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 organiza-
tions 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 Attor-
ney General.
(b) ATTORNEY GENERAL REPORTING.—The Attor-
ney 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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