R-2.2.0.0.01 - Opioid-related Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act

Section 16 Disposition versions

2023-11-02

16. If the Government brings an action on a collective basis, it is not required to identify particular health care recipients individually or prove the cause of the disease, injury or illness suffered by a particular health care recipient or the portion of the health care costs incurred for such a recipient.

Moreover, no one may be compelled in such an action

(1)  to answer questions on the health of, or the health care provided to, particular health care recipients; or

(2)  to produce the medical records and documents of, or the documents related to health care provided to, particular health care recipients, except as provided by a law, rule of law or court or tribunal regulation that requires the production of documents relied on by an expert witness.

2023, c. 25, s. 16.