3.0.0 3630 2023-01-11T13:42:44Z 2023-01-11T13:42:44Z Senate S 2020-05-06 116 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-05-06T20:30:49Z 2020-05-06 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2020-05-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001197 Sen. Sasse, Ben [R-NE] Ben Sasse R NE N Law Cardiovascular and respiratory health Civil actions and liability Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation Emergency medical services and trauma care Health personnel Health technology, devices, supplies Infectious and parasitic diseases Intellectual property Licensing and registrations Manufacturing Medical tests and diagnostic methods Product safety and quality Law 00 2020-05-06 Introduced in Senate 2020-06-04T13:53:51Z Facilitating Innovation to Fight Coronavirus Act

This bill provides immunity from civil liability to health care providers for certain actions taken during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency and lengthens the terms of certain medical patents related to the treatment of COVID-19.

Specifically, when testing for or treating COVID-19 during the public health emergency, a health care provider may not be held liable in any federal, state, or local civil proceeding for (1) using or modifying a medical device for an unapproved use or indication; (2) practicing without a license or outside of an area of specialty, if instructed to do so by an individual with such a license or within such an area of speciality; or (3) conducting the testing of, or providing treatment to, a patient outside of the premises of standard health care facilities.

Additionally, certain medical patents that are issued with respect to the treatment of COVID-19 are deemed not to begin until the termination of the presidential emergency declaration relating to COVID-19 and are extended for an additional 10 years.

]]> Facilitating Innovation to Fight Coronavirus Act Display Title Facilitating Innovation to Fight Coronavirus Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Facilitating Innovation to Fight Coronavirus Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide certain limitations on liability for actions taken by health care providers to combat COVID-19. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3630is/xml/BILLS-116s3630is.xml 2020-05-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.