The group is the most recent in a series of health care associations seeking legal immunity amid the pandemic, when hours are long and staffing and equipment are short.
The state's Agency for Health Care Administration said Saturday that the industry’s letter had been received and will be reviewed."The state is evaluating all options to assist health care workers and facilities on the frontlines of the response to COVID-19, although there has been no final decision on this particular request," said communications director Katie Strickland.found that a majority of U.S.
The Life Care Center of Kirkland in Washington state, which U.S. authorities believe to be the site of the first outbreak in a long-term facility, received a five-star overall rating by federal regulators but previously had been criticized for its infection control procedures, according to the investigation.
On Friday, a woman whose mother died of the coronavirus at the Kirkland facility filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the facility's parent company, Life Care Centers of America.
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