S.F. No. 4603 Summary

• Provides criminal, civil, and administrative immunity to health care responders acting in good faith during COVID-19 peacetime public health emergencies declared by the governor.

• Covers a broad range of responders including hospital staff, long-term care facility employees, home care providers, emergency medical technicians, pharmacists, dentists, and other health-related personnel.

• Applies immunity to acts or omissions related to providing, allocating, withdrawing, or delaying health care services during the state's COVID-19 response.

• Exempts immunity only when harm results from intentional or reckless misconduct or gross negligence, with resource or staffing shortages explicitly excluded from these exceptions.

• Effective upon final enactment and applies retroactively to acts or omissions occurring on or after March 13, 2020.