The Commonwealth shall indemnify against liability a municipal corporation for a claim against the municipal corporation arising from an act or omission of the municipal corporation, its officials, its employees or agents when participating in a program for the provision of medical treatment in a health care facility to inmates from a Commonwealth correctional facility pursuant to a program authorized by the Department of Corrections. This indemnification shall not extend to claims of medical malpractice against any person nor to claims against the health care facility, its employees or agents nor to claims against the municipal corporation that are the result of gross negligence, wanton and reckless acts or intentional misconduct by the municipal corporation, its officials, employees or agents.
(Feb. 12, 1992, P.L.1, No.1, eff. imd.)
1992 Amendment. Act 1 added section 8527.
Cross References. Section 8527 is referred to in section 1711 of Title 74 (Transportation).
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 85 - Matters Affecting Government Units
Section 8502 - Enforcement proceedings
Section 8521 - Sovereign immunity generally
Section 8522 - Exceptions to sovereign immunity
Section 8523 - Venue and process
Section 8525 - Legal assistance
Section 8526 - Counterclaim by the Commonwealth
Section 8527 - Indemnity relating to inmate health care
Section 8528 - Limitations on damages
Section 8553 - Limitations on damages
Section 8541 - Governmental immunity generally
Section 8542 - Exceptions to governmental immunity
Section 8545 - Official liability generally
Section 8546 - Defense of official immunity
Section 8547 - Legal assistance
Section 8549 - Limitation on damages
Section 8550 - Willful misconduct
Section 8557 - Judgment as a bar
Section 8558 - Judgments against insured local agency
Section 8559 - Judgments against self-insured local agency and those not fully insured