The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services may purchase, with public funds, insurance to protect against malpractice and other liability on the part of professional staff and other employees, administrators and members of the Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. This section shall not be construed to make the state, the Board, or any division of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services liable for damages from any cause.
Added by Laws 1981, c. 337, § 15, emerg. eff. June 30, 1981. Renumbered from § 395 of this title by Laws 1986, c. 103, § 103, eff. Nov. 1, 1986. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 51, § 46, emerg. eff. April 9, 1990.