Saturday, May 16, 2020

Spring Mini Written Assignment 2: Texas leaders ask Congress to protect employers, doctors from lawsuits during the COVID-19 pandemic

For GOVT 2306 mini students: here are key terms from the second article I'd like you to analyze.

As with the first article - which I'm not finished elaborating on - I'll add content related to it in future posts.

- Click here for the article.


Key terms:

- Congress
- lawsuits
- health care groups
- executive order
- business owners
- liability
- statewide leaders
- employers
- health care professionals
- Governor
- Lt Governor
- Speaker of the Texas House
- U.S. Senate Majority Leaders
- broad liability protections
- financial relief package
- Texas Health Care Association
- Texas Medical Association
- Texas Hospital Association
- state code
- criminal penalties
- regulatory fines
- agency oversight
- civil lawsuits
- medical malpractice lawsuit
- Texas Legislature
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association
- Texas Constitution
- proper scope of executive authority