Insurance for Volunteers

“Volunteer” means any natural person who participates without compensation in a volunteer program organized, controlled, and directed by a DHS state entity.

Volunteers Are Prohibited from Driving State-Owned or State-Leased Vehicles.

Liability insurance coverage, but not comprehensive coverage, is available for individuals who participate without compensation in a volunteer program organized, controlled, and directed by a State entity and who use their own personal vehicles to transport consumers. The coverage only applies to volunteers while performing their volunteering duties and covers only their liability, but not their vehicle. If a volunteer is being utilized as a transporter, the utilizing organization is responsible for insuring that the volunteer has a current valid driver’s license for the class of vehicle to be used and proof of private automobile insurance for the vehicle to be used for transporting consumers. A photocopy of the volunteer’s driver’s license and the valid vehicle insurance card must be made and maintained in the utilizing organization’s volunteer files.