The following calls are to be expeditiously forwarded to and handled by Nick Silverio, Founder at 786-413-2570.
· All calls regarding A Safe Haven for Newborns in Florida, except for basic needs.
· Hiding their pregnancy…Anonymity issues
· If the law does not grant anonymity
· Unsure of what to do…the Safe Haven option vs Adoption
· Assistance navigating thru
the entire pregnancy
· Wanting to utilize the Safe Haven option
· Process to reclaim a newborn left at a Safe Haven facility
· Adoption issues
· Requesting signage/decals/collateral materials
· For Safe Haven facilities personnel
only…Safe Haven for Newborns Web based Certification is offered to all 50 states, District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Please
encourage their participation and connect them to Nick Silverio, Founder at 786-413-2570……safehaven@asafehavenfornewborns.com.........www.asafehavenfornewborns.com
· Caller is interested in volunteer opportunities or donating to A Safe Haven for Newborns.
· Any other question(s), issues not previously addressed or when in doubt.
We are dedicated to saving the lives of precious newborns, WHATEVER IT TAKES, as every life is precious.
We assist the pregnant
woman or mother in a compassionate way to receive the help and support she needs.
REMEMBER, It is the Law-the baby MUST be
given to a staff member at a Safe Haven facility. Tell them you are leaving the baby with “Safe Haven”.
ANONYMITY -We respect and protect
the callers right to anonymity at all times.
MEDICAL HISTORY- Asking for and the mother providing medical history information is optional.
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SAFE
HAVEN PROVIDERS: HOSPITAL POLICE DEPARTMENT FIRE STATION EMERGENCY SERVICES PROVIDER (MUST BE LEFT WITH A STAFF MEMBER) |
AGE: 3
DAYS OR YOUNGER |
ANONYMITY AND LEGAL PROTECTION GRANTED |
Hawaii Revised Statute 709 902
Infant’s Age
Citation: Rev. Stat.
§ 587D-2
A child who is no more than 72 hours old may be relinquished.
Who May Relinquish the Infant
Citation: Rev. Stat. § 587D-2
A person may leave the child with a safe haven provider.
Who May Receive the Infant
Citation: Rev. Stat. § 587D-2
The child may be left with the personnel of a hospital, fire station, police station, or emergency services provider.
Responsibilities of the Safe Haven Provider
Citation:
Rev. Stat. §§ 587D-3; 587D-4
When a person leaves a newborn child with a safe haven provider, the provider:
• Shall make every reasonable effort to solicit the following information:
• The child’s name
• The name and address of the parent or person dropping off the child
• Where the
child was born
• The child’s medical history
• The child’s birth family’s medical history, including major illnesses and diseases
• Any other information that might reasonably assist the Department of Human Services in determining the best
• interests of the child, including whether the parents plan to seek custody of the child in the future
• May provide the person leaving the newborn child with information on how to contact relevant social service agencies
• Shall notify appropriate law enforcement agencies that a child was received for purposes of matching the child with missing children reports
Refusal of the person leaving the child to provide
personal information shall not prevent personnel from accepting the child.
If a safe haven provider receives a child, the provider shall perform any act necessary, in accordance with generally accepted standards of their respective professional practice, to protect, preserve, and aid the physical health and safety of the child during the temporary physical custody.
Within 24 hours of receiving an unharmed newborn child, the provider shall inform the department that a child has been left at the premises. The department shall not be informed until the person leaving the child has left the premises. If the child is received in a harmed condition, the provider shall notify appropriate law enforcement agencies, regardless of whether the person or persons leaving the child has left the premises.
Immunity
for the Provider
Citation: Rev. Stat. § 587D-5
A hospital, health-care provider, hospital personnel, fire station, firefighter, fire
personnel, police station, police officer, police personnel, and emergency services personnel acting in good faith in receiving a
newborn child shall be immune
from:
• Any criminal liability that otherwise might result from their actions
• Any civil liability that otherwise might result from merely receiving a newborn child
A hospital, health-care provider, hospital personnel, fire station, firefighter, fire personnel, police station, police officer, police personnel, and emergency services personnel who are mandated reporters under § 350-1.1 shall be immune from any criminal or civil liability that otherwise might result from the failure to make a report if the person is acting in good faith in complying with this chapter.
Protection for Relinquishing Parent
Citation: Rev. Stat. § 587D-2
A person may leave a newborn child at a safe haven without being subject to prosecution for abandonment of a child pursuant to § 709-902 provided that the newborn child is left in an unharmed condition.
Effect on Parental Rights
Citation: Rev. Stat. §§ 587D-6; 587D-7
Upon receiving
custody of a newborn child who has been discharged from a hospital that received the newborn child pursuant to § 587D-3, the Department
of Human Services may reunite the newborn child with the newborn’s parents.
The department may search for relatives of the newborn child as a placement or permanency option or implement other placement requirements that give a preference to relatives provided that the department has information as to the identity of the newborn child, the newborn child’s mother, or the newborn child’s father.
For purposes of proceedings under this chapter and adoption proceedings, a newborn child left at a hospital, fire station, police station, or emergency services provider shall be considered an abandoned child.
[i] HRS Div. 3, Tit. 31, Ch. 587D