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Legislation gets Florida health care providers step closer to protection from COVID lawsuits
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TALLAHASSEE – Testimony during a Senate committee Wednesday revealed there are at least 112 COVID-19-related lawsuits in the pipeline against nursing and assisted living facilities in Florida.
But legislation approved by the committee gets health care providers one step closer to being protected from COVID suits, as long as they followed the rules.
Health care workers doing their best on the frontline of the COVID fight could soon be immune from lawsuits.
“We’ve had 1.8 million Floridians affected,” said Sen. Jeff Brandes, R-Fla.
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Testimony during a Senate committee Wednesday revealed there are at least 112 COVID-related lawsuits in the pipeline against nursing and assisted living facilities in Florida.
But Legislation approved by the committee gets health care providers one step closer to being protected from COVID suits, as long as they followed the rules.
Health care workers doing their best on the front line of the COVID fight could soon be immune from lawsuits.
“We’ve had 1.8 million Floridians affected,” said Senator Jeff Brandes.
Brandes is sponsoring the bill that would provide liability protections for health care workers.
Originally published on January 27, 2021 1:02 pm
Wednesday state lawmakers came a step close to getting rid of Florida’s constitution revision commission. The group last met in 2017 and added seven amendments to the constitution, five covering multiple subjects. They were created in 1968 before there were other ways to amend the constitution. Long-time lobbyist Barbara Devane says the group no longer serves its initial purpose.
“They’ve gotten off the track of the original intent of the CRC and quite frankly they’ve become quite political, said Devane. It seems people who can’t get things passed during the legislative session bring it to the CRC and try to get it passed.”