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House Rules panel sends SB 1173A to floor after brief debate on product-liability exemption for health care providers
Summary
Senate Bill 1173A, moved to the House floor June 27 by the House Committee on Rules, would exempt hospitals, hospital‑affiliated clinics, professional corporations practicing medicine and certain residential care entities from product‑liability civil claims for products they did not design or manufacture and clarifies physician liability when a "
SALEM — The House Committee on Rules voted June 27 to send Senate Bill 1173A to the House floor with a due-pass recommendation. The measure would exempt specified health-care entities from product-liability civil claims for products provided to patients so long as the facility or entity did not manufacture or design the product or offer it for sale to the public.
Committee staff summarized the measure for members, noting that it also clarifies that a physician is exempt from product-liability liability when providing a product…
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