{"id":"AL-019","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Alabama","state":"AL","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Kay Ivey","authority":"Ala. Code §§ 31-9-1 et seq.","instrument":"Supplemental State of Emergency Proclamation (COVID-19): Liability protections for businesses and health care providers","title":"Liability protections for businesses, health care providers and other covered entities reopening under the public health orders","dateIssued":"2020-05-08","effective":"2020-05-08","end":"for the duration of the emergency.","startDate":"2020-05-08","endDate":"2021-03-31","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["OTHER"],"addressees":["businesses","health care providers","educational entities","churches","governmental entities"],"clause":"the various practices put into place to slow the spread of COVID-19 have been helpful from a public health perspective, but they have also required the closure of numerous businesses and resulted in damage to the economy of the State... businesses have been reluctant to reopen -- or, where partially open, to fully reopen -- for fear of lawsuits","enforcement":"Ala. Code § 31-9-13","functions":["context: the State\u0027s own finding that its orders \u0027required the closure of numerous businesses\u0027"],"notes":"Recital is an admission by the issuing authority that the orders closed businesses and that reopening was partial.","sourceUrl":"https://www.alabamapublichealth.gov/legal/assets/soe-covid19-liability-protection-050820.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":891639,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AL","url":"/library/AL-019","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AL-019","citation":"Governor Kay Ivey, Supplemental State of Emergency Proclamation (COVID-19): Liability protections for businesses and health care providers (May 8, 2020) (Ex. AL-019)","stateName":"Alabama","related":["DUT-AL-015","AL-018","AL-022","AL-097","AL-010","AL-014","AL-012","AL-068","AL-067","AL-004","AL-025","AL-001"]}