Shelter in a Storm: Liability Legislation Would Protect Physicians in Disaster.

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Texas Medicine Pub Date : 2021-04-01

Joey Berlin

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Abstract

The Texas Alliance for Patient Access (TAPA) announced in early March that Sen. Kelly Hancock (R-North Richland Hills) and Rep. Jeff Leach (R-Plano) would soon file COVID-19 liability legislation that would enhance liability protections to shield more physicians from lawsuits for care delivered during pandemics, hurricanes, and other catastrophic events that inject chaos into their good-faith medical efforts.

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风暴中的避难所:责任立法将在灾难中保护医生。

德克萨斯州患者准入联盟(TAPA)在3月初宣布，参议员凯利·汉考克(北里奇兰山共和党人)和众议员杰夫·里奇(普莱诺共和党人)将很快提交COVID-19责任立法，以加强责任保护，使更多的医生在大流行、飓风和其他灾难性事件期间提供的护理免受诉讼，这些事件给他们的善意医疗工作带来了混乱。

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