Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2021
Summary
Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2021 This bill extends liability protection for harm caused by acts or omissions by volunteer health care professionals in the course of providing certain health care services during specified public-health or national emergencies or major disasters. However, such liability protection shall not apply if (1) the harm was caused by willful or criminal misconduct, gross negligence, reckless misconduct, or a conscious flagrant indifference to the rights or safety of the individual harmed; or (2) the health care professional provided services under the influence of alcohol or an intoxicating drug.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Oct 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Oct 6, 2021
Last action Oct 6, 2021
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Full legislative history
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Total actions
2
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Committee
1
Oct 6, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
upper
Oct 6, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 10 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bill Cassidy
RRepublican
Co
Angus S. King, Jr.
IIndependent
Co
Chuck Grassley
RRepublican
Co
Cindy Hyde-Smith
RRepublican
Co
Jeanne Shaheen
DDemocratic
Co
Joe Manchin, III
IIndependent
Co
John Boozman
RRepublican
Co
Lisa Murkowski
RRepublican
Co
Marsha Blackburn
RRepublican
Co
Roger F. Wicker
RRepublican
Co
Roger Marshall
RRepublican
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