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In a February 10, 2021 ruling (the “Garcia Ruling”) out of the District Court for the Central District of California (the “CDCA Court”) in the case of
., 20-02250JVS (C.D. Ca. Feb. 10, 2021), the CDCA Court held that the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (42 U.S.C. § 247d–6d) (the “PREP Act”) provides senior living facilities with an exemption from civil liability for actions taken by such facilities to protect facility residents from COVID-19.
Given that long-term care and senior living facilities have experienced a disproportionate share of COVID-19 cases and deaths nationwide during the pandemic,[1] with many states having experienced their worst COVID-19 outbreaks and highest number of deaths in long-term care facilities in December 2020,[2] the extension of PREP Act liability protections to senior and long term care facilities is tremendously significant to the industry.
Senior Living Communities, Liability for COVID-19 Countermeasures, and the PREP Act: Is the Tide Turning for Providers? Monday, March 8, 2021
In a February 10, 2021 ruling (the “Garcia Ruling”) out of the CDCA Court for the Central District of California (the “CDCA Court”) in the case of
., 20-02250JVS (C.D. Ca. Feb. 10, 2021), the CDCA Court held that the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (42 U.S.C. § 247d–6d) (the “PREP Act”) provides senior living facilities with an exemption from civil liability for actions taken by such facilities to protect facility residents from COVID-19.
Given that long-term care and senior living facilities have experienced a disproportionate share of COVID-19 cases and deaths nationwide during the pandemic,[1] with many states having experienced their worst COVID-19 outbreaks and highest number of deaths in long-term care facilities in December 2020,[2] the extension of PREP Act liability protections to senio
Ex-Pennsylvania nursing home administrator charged in fraud over care hours Phil Helsel
The former administrator of a Pennsylvania nursing home was indicted this week and accused of scheming to falsely inflate work records to meet staffing requirements during the Covid-19 pandemic, officials said.
Susan Gilbert, 60, of Lawrence, was indicted Wednesday by a grand jury on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States, health care fraud and obstruction of a federal audit, said the U.S. Attorney s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania. These crimes put facility residents at risk by only providing a dangerously low amount of nursing staff just before COVID began to surge across the country, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said in a statement, referring to the pandemic that has now killed more than a half-million people in the U.S.
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