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Volunteer Organization Protection Act of 2015
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vs 6,526 other HR bills in the 114th — cohort avg 56d
Volunteer Organization Protection Act of 2015 Amends the Volunteer Protection Act of 1997 to expand liability protections to volunteer nonprofit organizations for harm caused by an act or omission of a volunteer on behalf of the organization. Prohibits such liability protections from applying if the organization: (1) would be liable under laws governing the direct or vicarious liability of organizations, and (2) expressly authorized the specific conduct constituting the act or omission. Bars such an organization from liability for harm caused by the organization, or a volunteer acting on its behalf, if the act or omission was at the request of, or pursuant to an authorization by, a state, the United States, or another governmental subdivision, provided that: (1) the requesting or authorizing governmental entity would have been immune either from suit or from liability in damages if it had engaged in the acts or omissions itself or through employees or independent contractors; or (2) the governmental employee, agent, or contractor would have been immune either from suit or from liability in damages by virtue of immunity extended to individual governmental actors. Prohibits punitive damages from being awarded against a volunteer nonprofit organization for the actions of a volunteer within the scope of the volunteer's responsibilities to the organization unless the claimant establishes by clear and convincing evidence that the organization itself expressly authorized the volunteer's action with a conscious, flagrant indifference to the rights or safety of the individual harmed.
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Filing registrants (3)
2016 · fourth_quarter · Torts
Provide information on organization liability protection legislation for introduction to Congress. Bills include HR 2290 and S 1684
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
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Sources: Congress.gov
Government targets: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · third_quarter · Torts
Provide information on organization liability protection legislation for introduction to Congress. Bills include HR 2290 and S 1684
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · second_quarter · Torts
Provide information on organization liability protection legislation for introduction to Congress. Bills include HR 2290 and S 1684
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · first_quarter · Torts
Provide information on organization liability protection legislation for introduction to Congress. Bills include HR 2290 and S 1684
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
HR2290 Voluntary Organization Protection Act of 2015
Client expense: $254,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), SENATE, Surface Transportation Board (STB), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
2015 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
eligibility for 340-B drug pricing to include free and charitable clinics; broadening coverage under Federal Tort Claims Act for the free clinic entity; support for H.R. 2290, Volunteer Organization Protection Act of 2015
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2015 · third_quarter · Torts
Provide information on organization liability protection legislation for introduction to Congress. Bills include HR 2290 and S 1684
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · fourth_quarter · Torts
Provide information on organization liability protection legislation for introduction to Congress. Bills include HR 2290 and S 1684
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · third_quarter · Torts
Provide information on organization liability protection legislation for introduction to Congress. Bills include HR 2290 and S 1684
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · third_quarter · Health Issues
eligibility for 340-B drug pricing to include free and charitable clinics; broadening coverage under Federal Tort Claims Act for the free clinic entity; support for H.R. 2290, Volunteer Organization Protection Act of 2015
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · third_quarter · Insurance
HR2290 Voluntary Organization Protection Act of 2015
Client expense: $254,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), SENATE, Surface Transportation Board (STB), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
2015 · second_quarter · Torts
Provide information on organization liability protection legislation for introduction to Congress. Bills include HR 2290 and S 1684
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · second_quarter · Health Issues
eligibility for 340-B drug pricing to include free and charitable clinics; broadening coverage under Federal Tort Claims Act for the free clinic entity; support for H.R. 2290, Volunteer Organization Protection Act of 2015
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
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