Entities considered to be passive investors in Georgia nursing homes will be shielded from personal liability for patient deaths or injuries under a new law.
H.B. 920, which will take effect July 1 after Gov. Nathan Deal (R) signed the bill May 3, bars naming certain types of investors in nursing home lawsuits, provides a procedure for investors to be excused early in litigation if they are wrongly named, and requires nursing homes to carry liability insurance to get state licensure.
The legislation is similar to a law enacted in 2014 in Florida 23 HLR 835, 6/19/14.
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