{"id":"DUT-KS-014","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Kansas","state":"KS","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Kansas Legislature (K.S.A., Revisor of Statutes)","authority":"K.S.A. 60-5502(j) (L. 2020, ch. 1, § 9 (Special Session), as amended L. 2021, ch. 35, § 1)","instrument":"K.S.A. 60-5502, Definitions, including (j) \u0027public health directives\u0027","title":"60-5502. Definitions","dateIssued":"2020-06-09","effective":"June 9, 2020 (retroactive application of the Act to causes of action accruing on or after March 12, 2020, HB 2016 § 15)","end":"standing (the immunity sections it defines expired March 31, 2022)","startDate":"2020-06-09","endDate":"2022-03-31","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","COND","EMP"],"addressees":["persons conducting business in Kansas; health care providers; covered facilities (adult care homes and others)"],"clause":"\u0022Public health directives\u0022 means any of the following that is required by law to be followed related to public health and COVID-19: (1) State statutes, rules and regulations or executive orders...; (2) federal statutes or regulations from federal agencies, including the United States centers for disease control and prevention and the occupational safety and health administration","enforcement":"loss of immunity from civil liability for COVID-19 claims (K.S.A. 60-5504, DUT-KS-015)","functions":[],"notes":"Defines the standard of care the Act\u0027s immunity turns on: the \u0027public health directives\u0027 a business had to be \u0027acting pursuant to and in substantial compliance with\u0027 were the State statutes, rules and executive orders, the federal statutes and regulations of CDC and OSHA, and (from April 22, 2021, in terms) \u0027any lawful order or proclamation issued under authority of the Kansas emergency management act... by a board of county commissioners, the governing body of a city or a local health officer\u0027; the Legislature thereby declared that compliance with those directives \u0027is required by law.\u0027","sourceUrl":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch60/060_055_0002.html","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":150014,"grade":"primary","character":"liability_shield_condition","description":"","collection":"DUT-KS","url":"/library/DUT-KS-014","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-KS-014","citation":"Kansas Legislature (K.S.A., Revisor of Statutes), K.S.A. 60-5502, Definitions, including (j) \u0027public health directives\u0027 (standing) (Ex. DUT-KS-014)","stateName":"Kansas","related":["KS-027","DUT-KS-015"]}