HB 5523 Summary

• Appropriates $1.216 billion in supplemental funding for fiscal year 2022, primarily from federal Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds and other federal sources, with $0 from state general fund

• Allocates $10 million for planning and design of a new comprehensive state public health and environmental science laboratory to consolidate and improve laboratory capacity

• Provides $1.206 billion to Department of Health and Human Services for multiple COVID-19 relief programs including vaccine support ($54.1M), health care recruitment/retention ($300M), nursing facility improvements ($29M), and COVID-19 testing and treatment sites ($100M)

• Allocates $250,000 to Department of Education for work-based learning health services academies in partnership with NAF, targeting critical-need occupations

• Includes requirements for COVID-19 treatment sites to provide informed consent information regarding use of aborted fetal tissue in vaccine/treatment development and prohibits vaccination status discrimination in vaccine education or health care worker funding programs