SB 418

Bill Subjects

Crimes And Offenses Generally Emergency Medical Services

Abstract

Provides that a person for whom emergency medical assistance was requested is immune from prosecution for the violation of certain alcohol and controlled substance possession laws. Provides that a law enforcement officer may not take a person into custody for the violation of a drug possession violation if the law enforcement officer reasonably believes the person is the person who requested emergency medical assistance or acted in concert with another person who requested emergency medical assistance. Provides that a court may consider that a person was convicted of a crime relating to the possession of alcohol or a controlled substance and the person's arrest or prosecution was facilitated in part because another person requested emergency medical assistance for the person as a mitigating circumstance or as favoring suspending a sentence and imposing probation. Makes a technical correction.