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ALTHOUGH THE FORMER “EMERGENCY OR DISASTER TREATMENT PROTECTION ACT (EDTPA)” PROVIDED IMMUNITY TO HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS RE: COVID-19, HERE DEFENDANT NURSING HOME DID NOT DEMONSTRATE THE THREE REQUIREMENTS FOR IMMUNITY WERE MET (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department reversing Supreme Court, determined defendant nursing home did not demonstrate the three statutory requirements for immunity for COVID-related treatment were met. Plaintiff alleged plaintiff’s decedent, during his admission to defendant’s facility in March 2020, was infected with SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19:

… [T]he EDTPA [Emergency or Disaster Treatment Protection Act] initially provided, with certain exceptions, that a health care facility “shall have immunity from any liability, civil or criminal, for any harm or damages alleged to have been sustained as a result of an act or omission in the course of arranging for or providing health care services” as long as three requirements were met: the services were arranged for or provided pursuant to a COVID-19 emergency rule or otherwise in accordance with applicable law, the act or omission was impacted by decisions or activities that were in response to or as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak and in support of the State’s directives, and the services were arranged or provided in good faith (Public Health Law former § 3082[1] …).

* * * [W]hile the EDTPA “immunized healthcare facilities from civil liability for certain acts or omissions in the treatment of patients for COVID-19 during the period of the COVID-19 emergency declaration” … , the defendant’s submissions did not establish that the three requirements for immunity were satisfied … . Damon v Clove Lakes Healthcare & Rehabilitation Ctr., Inc., 2024 NY Slip Op 03029, Second Dept 6-5-24

Practice Point: The repeal of the former Emergency or Disaster Treatment Protection Act (EDTPA) does not apply retroactively.

Practice Point: A healthcare provider asserting immunity from COVID-related injury under the former EDTPA must demonstrate the three statutory requirements for immunity have been met.

 

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