Limitations
2019 Acts, ch 18, §7
- 1. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to create a private right of action against a hospital, a hospital employee, or any consultant or contractor with whom a hospital has a contractual relationship, or to limit or otherwise supersede or replace existing rights or remedies under any other provision of law.
- 2. Nothing in this chapter shall delay the appropriate discharge or transfer of a patient.
- 3. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to interfere with or supersede a health care provider’s instructions regarding a Medicare-certified home health agency or any other post-acute care provider.
- 4. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to grant decision-making authority to a lay caregiver to determine the type of provider or provider of the patient’s post-hospital care as specified in the patient’s discharge plan.
2019 Acts, ch 18, §7