H2033B2421A03059 AJB:JMT 11/16/21 #90 A03059
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 2033
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE LEWIS DELROSSO
Printer's No. 2421
Amend Bill, page 1, line 1, by inserting after "testing;"
establishing the COVID-19 At-Home Testing Distribution Program;
Amend Bill, page 1, by inserting between lines 11 and 12
"County." The term includes a city of the first class.
Amend Bill, page 1, by inserting between lines 13 and 14
"COVID-19 at-home tests." Materials or devices for detecting
COVID-19 infection which has received Food and Drug
Administration Emergency Use Authorization for self-testing
without the need to ship samples to a lab or for a prescription
from a health care provider.
Amend Bill, page 1, by inserting between lines 14 and 15
"Program." The COVID-19 At-Home Testing Distribution Program
established under section 4.
Amend Bill, page 2, by inserting between lines 25 and 26
Section 4. COVID-19 At-Home Testing Distribution Program.
(a) Establishment.--The COVID-19 At-Home Testing
Distribution Program is established within the department.
(b) Acquisition of COVID-19 at-home tests.--The department
shall acquire COVID-19 at-home tests for distribution to
counties under this section.
(c) Application.--No later than 30 days after the effective
date of this section, the department shall receive applications
from counties for COVID-19 at-home tests. An application by a
county under this subsection shall include the number of COVID-
19 at-home tests requested and a proposed distribution plan.
(d) Review and approval.--No later than 45 days after the
effective date of this section, the department shall review and
approve applications under subsection (c).
(e) Distribution to counties.--The department shall begin
distributing COVID-19 at-home tests to approved counties no
later than 60 days after the effective date of this section.
(f) Distribution by counties.--A county which receives
COVID-19 at-home tests under this section may distribute the
tests to individuals in the county at publicly accessible mobile
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testing sites and nontraditional testing sites, including county
buildings, municipal buildings, libraries, community centers,
police stations and fire stations. A county shall publicize the
distribution locations.
(g) Prohibition.--An individual that receives a COVID-19 at-
home test from a county under this section may not resell the
test.
(h) Use of funds.--The department shall use no less than
$10,000,000 of money available to the department for the purpose
of the program, including money from the Federal Government
available from an appropriation for COVID - Epidemiology and
Laboratory Surveillance and Response.
Amend Bill, page 2, line 26, by striking out "4" and
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