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Committee hears opposing views on repeal of pandemic-era healthcare immunity (HB1071)
Summary
Supporters of HB1071 seek to repeal limited immunity granted to facilities during the COVID-19 emergency; nursing-home and county officials warned repeal would expose facilities and local taxpayers to litigation for actions taken under evolving emergency directives. No vote was taken.
The Senate Health and Human Services Committee took testimony on House Bill 1071, which would repeal statutory immunity previously granted to entities that followed emergency directives during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Representative Tom Manning, the bill sponsor, said the statute should not contain an immunity that could be toggled on in future emergencies and described the repeal as removing obsolete language. “This bill just simply removes that immunity, which I think…
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