SF 4409 Summary

• Appropriates $2,108,000 to the Commissioner of Health for COVID-19 testing and vaccination services in long-term care facilities, including contracted teams for specimen collection and vaccination logistics support.

• Appropriates $333,000 to the Commissioner of Health for COVID-19 testing of Department of Health regulatory staff entering long-term care facilities.

• Appropriates $631,000 for infection control nurses and health care worker monitoring staff to prevent COVID-19 transmission in long-term care facilities through assessments, technical assistance, and worker contact tracing.

• Appropriates $888,000 to establish and deploy four five-person infection control strike teams to long-term care facilities experiencing COVID-19 outbreaks to provide targeted support and coordinate with local public health departments.

• Appropriates $2,000,000 to the Commissioner of Human Services to contract with third-party staffing entities to create a temporary staffing pool deployable to long-term care and group residential facilities experiencing COVID-19 staffing crises, with facilities required to provide employees at least 80 hours of paid leave for isolation or quarantine.

• All appropriations are one-time funds available until June 30, 2021, or 60 days after expiration of the COVID-19 peacetime emergency, whichever is earlier.