Addresses long-term effects of COVID-19.
This bill establishes free post-COVID-19 health clinics across New Jersey, providing physical and mental health evaluations, physical therapy, and related services at no cost to residents previously diagnosed with COVID-19. It requires the Department of Health to launch a public awareness campaign - including informational pamphlets in healthcare facilities - to educate people about long-term health effects and available care, with special focus on medically underserved communities and areas with poor health outcomes linked to the pandemic. The bill also creates a 15-member task force to study racial and ethnic disparities in long-term COVID-19 health impacts, with a one-year deadline to submit policy recommendations. The clinics, awareness efforts, and task force will expire one year after New Jersey’s public health emergency ends.
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1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
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Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2024
Last action Jan 9, 2024
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Jan 9, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health Committee
lower
2 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Reginald Atkins
DDemocratic
P
Shanique Speight
DDemocratic
Co
Yvonne Lopez
DDemocratic
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