Officers; Governmental Tort Claims Act; definitions; effective date.

Summary

The bill amends Section 152 of the Governmental Tort Claims Act to revise key definitions, including “action,” “agency,” “charitable health care provider,” “claim,” “claimant,” “community health care provider,” and especially “employee.” It broadens the employee definition to cover elected officials, certain physicians, volunteers, university health staff, and other specified workers. These changes are intended to make it clearer who can be sued and who may file claims against the state and its political subdivisions.

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