The Pennsylvania House has passed resurrected legislation seeking to provide additional lawsuit protections for businesses facing legal claims arising out of COVID-19-related injuries and deaths.
“These liability protections are targeted, narrow in scope and temporary, which Pennsylvania businesses desperately need as they struggle to overcome the economic challenges the COVID-19 pandemic has placed on them,” said Gene Barr, president and CEO of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry.
Supporters of House Bill 605 contend it would prevent frivolous lawsuits from clogging up an already backlogged court system while providing plaintiffs and defendants a speedy remedy that saves legal costs.
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Efforts to reform nursing home care have drawn the attention of lawmakers at both the state and federal levels.
U.S. Sens. Pat Toomey, R-Zionsville, and Robert Casey, D-Scranton, have joined in a bipartisan effort to enhance accountability among the nation’s poorest performing nursing homes.
The Nursing Home Reform Modernization Act of 2021 would ensure more facilities that have consistently failed to meet federal safety and care requirements can receive additional oversight and enforcement as well as technical assistance and educational programming.
“It’s one thing to put an under-performing nursing home on a list and leave it at that. It’s quite another to put that nursing home on a list and ensure the providers, workers and residents receive the support they need to improve and provide high-quality care. The Nursing Home Reform Modernization Act of 2021 will do that,” Zach Shamberg, president and CEO of the Pennsylvania Health Care Association