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House approves limited liability protections for volunteer clinicians at charitable clinics
Summary
Senate Bill 168 allows clinicians to volunteer at federally qualified health centers and Indian health clinics with limited immunity and requires patients to sign a waiver acknowledging volunteer status; the House adopted a technical amendment and passed the bill unanimously.
Representative Ray presented Senate Bill 168 to permit health professionals to volunteer at federally qualified health centers and Indian Health Service clinics and receive limited liability protection when acting within their scope of practice. The measure also requires patients to sign a written waiver acknowledging that the provider is volunteering and that malpractice protections may…
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