{"id":"DUT-WY-009","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Wyoming","state":"WY","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Wyoming Legislature (Sixty-sixth Legislature, 2021 General Session); signed by Governor Gordon April 6, 2021","authority":"Wyo. Const. art. 4, § 8 (effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law)","instrument":"Senate Enrolled Act No. 57 (Original Senate File No. SF0019), 2021 Wyo. Sess. Laws ch. 118","title":"AN ACT relating to public health and safety; specifying the assumption of risk for exposure to or contracting COVID-19; defining terms related to the assumption of risk for COVID-19; amending provisions related to immunity from civil liability for actions and omissions during the public health emergency declared for COVID-19; amending time period for which the worker\u0027s compensation program covers COVID-19 infections; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.","dateIssued":"2021-04-06","effective":"2021-04-06 (Section 4: \u0027effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law\u0027)","end":"standing (W.S. 1-1-141; 35-4-114(d)-(e)); the worker\u0027s compensation COVID-19 presumption in 27-14-102(a)(xi)(A) extended to March 31, 2022","startDate":"2021-04-06","endDate":"2022-03-31","quarters":["2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["COND","DUTY"],"addressees":["health care providers; persons generally; business entities; employers under the Wyoming Worker\u0027s Compensation Act"],"clause":"Any health care provider, person or entity shall be immune from liability for damages in an action involving a COVID-19 liability claim unless the person seeking damages proves that the health care provider, person or entity took actions that constitutes gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct.","enforcement":"None (a shield and a presumption)","functions":[],"notes":"Created W.S. 1-1-141 (assumption of the risk on entering premises); amended 35-4-114(a) to add \u0027and subject to subsection (d) of this section\u0027 and created 35-4-114(d) (immunity in every COVID-19 liability claim absent gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct) and (e) (particularity; clear and convincing evidence); extended the worker\u0027s compensation presumption that a COVID-19 infection arose from employment from December 30, 2020 to March 31, 2022; Section 3: applies \u0027to all actions and omissions that cause injury occurring on and after the effective date of this act\u0027.","sourceUrl":"https://wyoleg.gov/2021/Enroll/SF0019.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":17877,"grade":"primary","character":"liability_shield_condition","description":"","collection":"DUT-WY","url":"/library/DUT-WY-009","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-WY-009","citation":"Wyoming Legislature (Sixty-sixth Legislature, 2021 General Session); signed by Governor Gordon April 6, 2021, Senate Enrolled Act No. 57 (Original Senate File No. SF0019), 2021 Wyo. Sess. Laws ch. 118 (standing) (Ex. DUT-WY-009)","stateName":"Wyoming","related":["DUT-WY-006","DUT-WY-008"]}