Connecticut 2021 Regular Session

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General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 234  
January Session, 2021  
LCO No. 861 
 
 
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH  
 
 
Introduced by:  
SEN. SOMERS, 18th Dist. 
 
 
 
AN ACT PROVIDING IMMUNITY FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS 
FOR TREATMENT PROVIDED IN SUPPORT OF THE STATE'S 
RESPONSE TO COVID -19. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
That the general statutes be amended to provide health care 1 
professionals and health care facilities with immunity from suit for civil 2 
liability, including any common law claims or statutory causes of action, 3 
for injury or death allegedly caused by acts and omissions undertaken 4 
in good faith in support of the state of Connecticut's COVID-19 5 
response. 6 
Statement of Purpose:   
To provide health care professionals and health care facilities with 
immunity from suit for civil liability for injury or death allegedly caused 
by acts and omissions undertaken in good faith in support of the state 
of Connecticut's COVID-19 response.