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This bill, the SAFE TO WORK Act (Safeguarding America's Frontline Employees To Offer Work Opportunities Required to Kickstart the Economy Act), aims to establish temporary and carefully tailored rules governing liability in certain coronavirus-related lawsuits. The key provisions of the bill are: 1) It creates an exclusive cause of action for "coronavirus exposure actions" and "coronavirus-related medical liability actions," and sets standards for liability, such as requiring clear and convincing evidence of gross negligence or willful misconduct. 2) It preempts and supersedes certain federal, state, and tribal laws related to liability, but allows stricter liability limits under other laws to remain applicable. 3) It includes procedural requirements for filing and handling these lawsuits, such as pleading with particularity, limits on discovery, and special provisions for class actions and multidistrict litigation. 4) It limits joint and several liability, caps damages, and provides protections for employers under certain labor and employment laws with regard to coronavirus-related claims. 5) It also addresses liability for COVID-19 testing in the workplace and provides an exclusion from certain notice requirements under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act. The overall purpose is to establish consistent national standards to prevent overburdening the court system, encourage pandemic planning and risk management, protect interstate commerce, and safeguard emergency taxpayer support for businesses, workers, and healthcare providers.

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