As Gov. Ron DeSantis looks to open the state back up, he is being pushed by health-care providers to shield them from lawsuits stemming from the delivery of care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The state's largest physician, hospital and nursing-home associations are asking DeSantis to issue executive orders that would protect their members from lawsuits because of actions that occurred — or didn't occur — during the crisis. Several groups even provided a fully worded proposal to the governor this week.

DeSantis has remained silent on whether he will follow the lead of other governors who have provided immunity to health-care providers. The governor's office did not answer questions about the requests.