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AN ACT concerning liability for certain actions; relating to the governmental response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Kansas; crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; crimes against the public peace; creating the crime of interference with the conduct of a hospital; increasing the criminal penalty for battery of a healthcare provider; extending the extending the expanded use of telemedicine and expiring such provisions; extending the suspension of certain requirements related to medical care facilities and expiring such provisions; modifying the COVID-19 response and reopening for business liability protection act; extending immunity from civil liability for certain healthcare providers, certain persons conducting business in this state and covered facilities for COVID-19 claims until January 20, 2023; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-5413, 48-963, 48-964, 60-5503, 60-5504, 60-5508 and 65-468 and repealing the existing sections.
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Senate - Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; - 05/04/2021
On roll call the vote was:
Yea - (26):
Alley,
Billinger,
Bowers,
Claeys,
Dietrich,
Doll,
Erickson,
Fagg,
Gossage,
Hilderbrand,
Kerschen,
Kloos,
Longbine,
Masterson,
McGinn,
O'Shea,
Peck,
Petersen,
Ryckman,
Steffen,
Straub,
Suellentrop,
Thompson,
Tyson,
Warren,
Wilborn,
Nay - (13):
Corson,
Faust-Goudeau,
Francisco,
Haley,
Hawk,
Holland,
Holscher,
Olson,
Pettey,
Pittman,
Pyle,
Sykes,
Ware,
Present and Passing - (0):
Absent and Not Voting - (1):
Baumgardner,
Not Voting - (0):
