Health and Human Services Committee of the Senate.
(8) The chairperson and minority chairperson of the
Health Committee of the House of Representatives.
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
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.
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