MN SF148

Amends Minnesota Statutes section 12.61 to add civil liability immunity for health care responders during COVID-19 peacetime emergencies and 60 days thereafter when unable to provide normal standards of care due to emergency conditions.

Immunity applies to good faith acts or omissions in rendering care, advice, or assistance, but does not protect willful or wanton actions intended to cause harm.

Covers care deficiencies caused by insufficient personal protective equipment, ventilators, medications, blood products, supplies, equipment, tests, hospital beds, or trained staff.

Extends immunity to responders delivering care beyond their normal credentials or scope of services, implementing triage protocols, using supplies differently than normal, or following Executive Order 20-09 or other government directives restricting certain health services.

Takes effect the day following final enactment and applies retroactively to acts or omissions occurring on or after March 13, 2020.