SB 1379 Correctional facilities, local & regional; prov of medical services
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Correctional facilities, local & regional; prov. of medical services.
SB-1379
About SB-1379
Local and regional correctional facilities; provision of medical services; waiver of sovereign immunity. Waives sovereign immunity for health care providers employed by localities or by local or regional correctional facilities to provide medical services to prisoners for a claim of wrongful death or injury resulting from a negligent or wrongful act or omission in the provision of such medical services. This bill is in response to Patterson v. City of Danville, 875 Va. S.E.2d 65 (2022).
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Engrossed 02/07/2023
Prefiled 01/11/2023
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