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Florida Lawmakers Aim to Extend Protection to Hospitals in Treating COVID-19; Lawyers Object

Florida Lawmakers Aim to Extend Protection to Hospitals in Treating COVID-19; Lawyers Object
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to reporters Feb. 2 about the need to boost hospitalized patient's rights at a press conference at Santa Fe College's construction school in Gainesville, Fla. Natasha Holt/The Epoch Times
Nanette Holt
Nanette Holt
Senior Features Editor
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Florida lawmakers plan to vote Wednesday on whether to extend a law that makes it difficult to sue health care facilities for their treatment of COVID-19.

The law that’s set to expire, unless the legislation passes to extend it, also protects facilities from being sued by patients who become infected with COVID-19 in the facility.

Nanette Holt
Nanette Holt
Senior Features Editor
Nanette Holt is an Epoch Times reporter and senior features editor covering issues of national interest. Ms. Holt has had more than 30 years of experience in media and has written for Reader’s Digest, Woman’s World, the Tampa Tribune, the St. Petersburg Times, and others.
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