Medway & Millis May 2020

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MWPC Women’s Legislative
Breakfast Rescheduled to
June 8th
Celebrating the Women’s Suffrage Centennial
and Women’s History Month
Thank You to Those
Fighting Covid 19
Michael and Matthew Shain of Milford are holding signs, thanking
those who are on the frontlines of Public Safety. The Shains had
these signs made and will be distributing free in the Milford area.
The Shains are doing this as a random act of kindness , to show
appreciation.
Join us for the 2nd Annual Massachusetts Women’s Political
Caucus Women’s Legislative Breakfast
June 8, 2020
9:30-11 a.m.
Massachusetts State House, Room 428
With co-hosts Senate President Spilka and House Speaker Pro Tempore Patricia Haddad
We hope you will join to celebrate the many strides women made toward gender parity and
diversity inclusion across the Commonwealth and the nation this year, and we honor the strong
women who came before us, whose legacies we carry on.
More information to follow! www.mwpc.org for more information.
MA Legislature Passes Legal Protections for
Health Care Workers, Facilities, And Organizations
Responding to COVID-19
The Massachusetts House of
Representatives and State Senate
on Friday passed legislation
to shield those providing critical
health care services from legal
liability for the duration of the
COVID-19 emergency.
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in health care who continue to
treat patients amid this public
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President Karen E. Spilka (D-
Ashland). “This urgently needed
legislation will ensure that our
healthcare system will be able
to expand capacity quickly to
treat patients during the surge of
COVID-19 in Massachusetts. I
would like to acknowledge Senators
Michael Rodrigues, Cindy
Friedman and James Welch, as
well as Speaker DeLeo and our
colleagues in the House for expeditiously
advancing this critical
bill.”
Under the legislation, health
care professionals, facilities and
volunteer organizations assisting
in the state’s efforts to respond
and treat COVID-19 would be
protected from suit and civil liability
for alleged damages related
to the virus. Health care facilities
and professionals would still be
subject to consumer complaints
brought by the Attorney General
and protections would not extend
to acts of negligence, recklessness,
or intent to harm or acts
of discrimination. These protections
would apply retroactively
to March 10, 2020, and remain
in effect for the duration of the
State of Emergency.
The bill, which is the latest action
by the Legislature to address
the COVID-19 public health
crisis and its effects on Massachusetts,
has been signed by the
Governor.