COVID-19 Immunity from Liability Provisions, Adopted in Emergency, Now Repealed in New York State
By EsqSocial Corporation 26/04/21
On April 6, Governor Cuomo signed into law Chapter 96 of the Laws of 2021, which completely repeals the health care facility and provider COVID-19 immunity from liability provisions adopted in April 2020 as part of the Emergency or Disaster Treatment Protection Act (Public Health Law §§ 3080-82). As a result, health care facilities, their leadership, and health care professionals in general no longer are protected from civil or criminal liability when their “treatment of the individual is...
By: Harris Beach PLLC