Florida Extends Covid Liability Shield for Health-Care Providers

Florida will extend Covid-19 liability protections for health-care providers through 2023 under legislation signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

The measure (S.B. 7014) ensures that such protections remain in effect through June 1, 2023. They would have expired March 29 without DeSantis’s signature Thursday evening.

• Florida was among many states that enacted broad immunity for businesses, health-care providers, and other organizations against Covid liability claims last year.
• State law requires plaintiffs filing Covid-related claims to clear significant legal hurdles, according to a legislative analysis.
• “If the effect of the bill is to codify what ...