The Legislature is nearing final passage on a package of bills designed to protect medical personnel from lawsuits that stem from health care delivered during declared emergencies. Two of the measures, Senate Bills 301 and 330 by Sen. Joel Chaisson II, D-Destrehan, are inspired and backed by Dr. Anna Pou, the New Orleans physician who was arrested but never indicted and still faces civil lawsuits related to patient deaths at Memorial Medical Center after Hurricane Katrina. The bills, which cleared the House Civil Law and Procedure Committee on Monday after passing the Senate without opposition, would provide lawsuit protections for paid medical professionals not covered under the existing Good Samaritan Act. That statute offers immunity from civil lawsuits for providers who voluntarily offer their care to an emergency victim in need.
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