,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cfcj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #f1       
#bjbj,mr4 ,sasse introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide      
certain limitations on liability for    
actions taken by health care providers  
to combat ,,covid-#ai4  #a4 ,short title
 ,this ,act may be cited as the         
,facilitating ,innovation to ,fight     
,coronavirus ,act4  #b4 ,limitations on 
certain health provider liability  7a7  
,in general ,notwithstanding any other  
provision of ,federal1 ,state1 or local 
law1 no health care provider shall be   
liable in any ,federal1 ,state1 or local
 civil proceeding for-- 7#a7 using or   
modifying a medical device for an       
unapproved use or indication2  7#b7     
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       

specialty2 or  7#c7 conducting the      
testing of1 or the provision of         
treatment to1 a patient outside of the  
premises of standard health care        
facilities1  where such action was      
carried out to test1 treat1 or otherwise
 counter the effects of the ,coronavirus
 ,disease ,,covid-#ai during the        
duration of the national emergency      
declared by the ,president under the    
,national ,emergencies ,act 7#ej        
,u4,s4,c4 #afja et seq47 with respect to
 that disease4  7b7 ,definition ,in this
 section1 the term health care provider 
has the meaning given such term in      
section #cjjj7;j7 of the ,public ,health
 ,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#cjj;jj7#c774  #c4 ,term of certain     
patents  7a7 ,effective date            
,notwithstanding any provision of title 
#ce1 ,united ,states ,code1 with respect
 to an eligible patent1 the term of the 
patent shall not begin until the date on
 which the national emergency declared  
by the ,president under the ,national   

,emergencies ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #afja  
et seq47 with respect to that disease   
terminates4  7b7 ,length of term        
,notwithstanding any provision of title 
#ce1 ,united ,states ,code1 with respect
 to an eligible patent1 the term of the 
patent shall extend for #aj years longer
 than it otherwise would under such     
title4  7c7 ,definition ,in this        
section1 the term eligible patent means 
a patent issued for a new or existing   
pharmaceutical1 medical device1 or other
 process1 machine1 manufacture1 or      
composition of matter1 or any new and   
useful improvement thereof used or      
intended for use in the treatment of the
 ,coronavirus ,disease #bjai            
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