Stimulus Package Liability Protection

The proposed legislation would shield corporations from liability if their workers die from covid 19 in unsafe workplaces december 8 2020 david sirota and julia rock the guardian printer.

Stimulus package liability protection. The embattled senate stimulus package if approved would remove a troubling legal barrier by providing limited liability protection for doctors and other caregivers who volunteer across state lines during the coronavirus emergency. The provision was initially introduced in july as the safe to work act also part of the gop s heals stimulus proposal both supported by senate majority leader mitch mcconnell r ky. At the same time the party is seeking broad.

Multiple issues from another stimulus bill to liability protection for healthcare providers will be settled based on whether republicans retain control of either the presidency or senate or if. Senate republicans in washington then copied cuomo s liability shield legislation and pasted it word for word into their last covid 19 stimulus proposal in july. The provision was initially introduced in july as the safe to work act also part of the gop s heals stimulus proposal both supported by senate majority leader mitch mcconnell r ky.

A bail out for struggling households and small businesses and state governments requires a lot of public spending which they tend to oppose. Tucked into the covid 19 stimulus package. Unemployment and stimulus reductions the bill reduced the amount in weekly jobless benefits from the 600 that unemployed americans received over the spring and summer.

The stimulus package includes 25 billion of rental assistance to protect vulnerable americans who are at risk of losing their home.