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§ 19.14 Civil actions against certain officers and employees of the\n office.\n (a) No civil action shall be brought in any court of the state, except\nby the attorney general on behalf of the state, against an officer or\nemployee of the office who is charged with the duty of securing the\ncustody of a person in need of care and treatment for alcoholism in his\npersonal capacity for damages arising out of any act done or the failure\nto perform any act within the scope of employment and in the discharge\nof official duties by such officer or employee.\n (b) Any claim for damages arising out of any act done or the failure\nto perform any act within the scope of the employment and in the\ndischarge of the duties of such officer or employee shall be brought and\nmaintained in the
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§ 19.14 Civil actions against certain officers and employees of the\n office.\n (a) No civil action shall be brought in any court of the state, except\nby the attorney general on behalf of the state, against an officer or\nemployee of the office who is charged with the duty of securing the\ncustody of a person in need of care and treatment for alcoholism in his\npersonal capacity for damages arising out of any act done or the failure\nto perform any act within the scope of employment and in the discharge\nof official duties by such officer or employee.\n (b) Any claim for damages arising out of any act done or the failure\nto perform any act within the scope of the employment and in the\ndischarge of the duties of such officer or employee shall be brought and\nmaintained in the court of claims as a claim against the state.\n (c) The state shall save harmless and indemnify such officer or\nemployee from financial loss resulting from a claim filed in a court of\nthe United States for damages arising out of an act done or the failure\nto perform any act that was (1) within the scope of the employment and\nin the discharge of the duties of such officer or employee, and (2) was\nnot in violation of any rule or regulation of the office or of any\nstatute or governing case law of the state or of the United States at\nthe time the alleged damages were allegedly sustained; provided that the\nofficer or employee shall comply with the provisions of subdivision four\nof section seventeen of the public officers law.\n (d) (1) The provisions of this section shall supplement, and be\navailable in addition to, the provisions of section seventeen of the\npublic officers law and, insofar as this section is inconsistent with\nsection seventeen of the public officers law, the provisions of this\nsection shall be controlling.\n (2) The provisions of this section shall not be construed in any way\nto impair, modify or abrogate any immunity available to any officer or\nemployee of the officer under the statutory or decisional law of the\nstate or the United States.\n (e) This section shall not in any way impair, limit or modify the\nrights and obligations of any insurer under any policy of insurance.\n (f) The benefits of subdivision (c) shall inure only to the officers\nand employees of the office and shall not enlarge or diminish the rights\nof any other party.\n (g) This section shall apply with respect to claims arising on or\nafter the effective date of this section. Claims arising prior thereto\nshall be governed by section seventeen of the public officers law.\n