{"id":"DUT-CT-012","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Connecticut","state":"CT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Ned Lamont","authority":"Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 19a-131a and 28-9 (recited)","instrument":"Executive Order No. 7U, § 1 (Apr. 5, 2020): Protection from Civil Liability for Actions or Omissions in Support of the State\u0027s COVID-19 Response (health care professionals and facilities); superseded and replaced by EO 7V § 6 (Apr. 7, 2020, Ex. CT-014); facility immunity expired Mar. 1, 2021 by EO 10A § 4 (Ex. CT-036)","title":"Protection of Public Health and Safety During COVID-19 Pandemic and Response - Protection from Civil Liability for Actions or Omissions in Support of the State\u0027s COVID-19 Response","dateIssued":"2020-04-05","effective":"2020-04-05 (superseded \u0027in its entirety\u0027 by EO 7V § 6 on Apr. 7, 2020, in materially the same terms)","end":"Facility immunity expired March 1, 2021 (EO 10A § 4); immunity of health care professionals extended \u0027for the duration of the current public health and civil preparedness emergencies\u0027","startDate":"2020-04-05","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["HC","OTHER"],"addressees":["specified businesses (health care professionals and health care facilities as defined in the order)"],"clause":"any health care professional or health care facility shall be immune from suit for civil liability... because of the individual\u0027s or health care facility\u0027s acts or omissions undertaken in good faith while providing health care services in support of the State\u0027s COVID-19 response... Such immunity shall not extend to... gross negligence, willful misconduct","enforcement":"none (an immunity, conditioned on good faith; withdrawn from facilities effective March 1, 2021)","functions":[],"notes":"Conferred immunity only on health care professionals and health care facilities, only for acts or omissions \u0027undertaken in good faith while providing health care services in support of the State\u0027s COVID-19 response,\u0027 and never for gross negligence or willful misconduct; no other business received any immunity from Connecticut, so every other employer answered to the ordinary standard of care, and the health care sector\u0027s own shield was conditioned on good-faith performance of the State\u0027s response.","sourceUrl":"https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/Office-of-the-Governor/Executive-Orders/Lamont-Executive-Orders/Executive-Order-No-7U.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":307176,"grade":"primary","character":"liability_shield_condition","description":"","collection":"DUT-CT","url":"/library/DUT-CT-012","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-CT-012","citation":"Governor Ned Lamont, Executive Order No. 7U, § 1 (Apr. 5, 2020): Protection from Civil Liability for Actions or Omissions in Support of the State\u0027s COVID-19 Response (health care professionals and facilities); superseded and replaced by EO 7V § 6 (Apr. 7, 2020, Ex. CT-014); facility immunity expired Mar. 1, 2021 by EO 10A § 4 (Ex. CT-036) (Ex. DUT-CT-012)","stateName":"Connecticut","related":["CT-014","CT-036","DUT-CT-008"]}