2022 -- S 2332 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- COVID-19 RAPID TEST KIT AND N95 MASK | |
PROGRAM | |
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Introduced By: Senators Mendes, Calkin, Valverde, Mack, Anderson, and Acosta | |
Date Introduced: February 15, 2022 | |
Referred To: Senate Health & Human Services | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Title 23 of the General Laws entitled "HEALTH AND SAFETY" is hereby |
2 | amended by adding thereto the following chapter: |
3 | CHAPTER 97 |
4 | COVID-19 RAPID TEST KIT AND N95 MASK PROGRAM |
5 | 23-97-1. Distribution of COVID-19 rapid test kits and N95 masks. |
6 | (a) The department of health shall establish a program for the distribution of COVID-19 |
7 | rapid test kits and N95 masks, to be distributed by US mail to all households and household |
8 | members in the State of Rhode Island, as determined by the most recent census conducted by the |
9 | United States Census Bureau test kits and N95 masks. Additional distribution centers will be made |
10 | available to serve unhoused or housing insecure Rhode Islanders with the manual distribution of |
11 | N95 masks and rapid test kits. Homeless shelters, warming centers, harm reduction centers, and |
12 | health equity zones shall be provided with a sufficient supply of COVID-19 rapid test kits and N95 |
13 | masks to serve their typical client demands. |
14 | (b) The provisions of this section shall remain in effect for six (6) months after passage or |
15 | so long as the COVID-19 related disaster emergency declaration is made pursuant to ยง 30-15-9, |
16 | whichever is longest. |
17 | (c) Each delivery shall include one mask per member of the household and one test kit per |
18 | member of the household, and shall be delivered weekly to each household. Each delivery shall |
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1 | include a one page fact sheet about the importance of wearing a mask in English, and a translation |
2 | into the appropriate language or languages for the area/community. |
3 | (d) The department of health shall be empowered to institute such rules and regulations |
4 | necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. |
5 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- COVID-19 RAPID TEST KIT AND N95 MASK | |
PROGRAM | |
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1 | This act would require the department of health to institute a program for distribution of |
2 | N95 masks and COVID-19 test kits to every household in Rhode Island and manual distribution to |
3 | unhoused, housing insecure Rhode Islanders, homeless shelters, warming centers, harm reduction |
4 | centers and health equity zones. |
5 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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