{"id":11820,"date":"2020-03-27T18:26:30","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T18:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hsli.org\/?p=11820"},"modified":"2020-03-27T18:26:30","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T18:26:30","slug":"legislative-news-03-27-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/legislative-news-03-27-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Legislative News, 03\/27\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Federal news<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fema.gov\/news-release\/2020\/03\/13\/covid-19-emergency-declaration\">COVID-19 Emergency Declaration<\/a> [Federal Emergency Management Agency release on 3\/13\/2020]<br \/>\nOn March 13, 2020, the President declared the ongoing Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant an emergency declaration for all states, tribes, territories, and the District of Columbia&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/116th-congress\/house-bill\/6201?overview=closed\">H.R. 6201 Families First Coronavirus Response Act<\/a> [became Public Law No. 116-127 on 3\/18\/2020]<br \/>\nThis bill responds to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak by providing paid sick leave, tax credits, and free COVID-19 testing; expanding food assistance and unemployment benefits; and increasing Medicaid funding.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/116th-congress\/house-bill\/748\">H.R. 748 CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security) Act<\/a> [passed Senate on 3\/25\/2020, awaiting vote in House]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencemag.org\/news\/2020\/03\/massive-us-coronavirus-stimulus-includes-research-dollars-and-some-aid-universities\">Massive U.S. coronavirus stimulus includes research dollars and some aid to universities<\/a> [Science, 3\/25\/2020]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/03\/23\/820009286\/affordable-care-act-turns-10-amid-coronavirus-outbreak\">Affordable Care Act Turns 10 Amid Coronavirus Outbreak<\/a> [NPR, 3\/23\/2020]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/khn.org\/news\/insurance-expansion-coronavirus-outbreak-9-states-reopen-marketplaces\/\">Hoping That Insurance Expansion Will Help Tamp Outbreak, 9 States Reopen Marketplaces<\/a> [Kaiser Health News, 3\/20\/2020]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/healthcare\/489787-lawmakers-labor-leaders-ramp-up-calls-to-use-defense-production-act\">Lawmakers, labor leaders ramp up calls to use Defense Production Act<\/a> [The Hill, 3\/26\/2020]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlanet.org\/p\/cm\/ld\/fid=1122&amp;&amp;blogaid=2877\">MLA and AAHSL comments to NLM addressing ClinicalTrials.gov Modernization<\/a> [3\/16\/2020]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlanet.org\/p\/cm\/ld\/fid=1122&amp;&amp;blogaid=2866\">MLA and AAHSL comments on Draft Desirable Characteristics of Repositories for Managing and Sharing Data Resulting from Federally Funded Research<\/a> [3\/16\/2020]<\/p>\n<p><strong>State News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you need information about Illinois&#8217; COVID-19 response, here are some helpful links:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>From the Governor&#8217;s office: <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.illinois.gov\/sites\/coronavirus\/Pages\/default.aspx\">https:\/\/www2.illinois.gov\/sites\/coronavirus\/Pages\/default.aspx<\/a><\/li>\n<li>From the Department of Public Health: <a href=\"http:\/\/dph.illinois.gov\/topics-services\/diseases-and-conditions\/diseases-a-z-list\/coronavirus\">http:\/\/dph.illinois.gov\/topics-services\/diseases-and-conditions\/diseases-a-z-list\/coronavirus<\/a><\/li>\n<li>From the ILA: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ila.org\/advocacy\/coronavirus-resources\">https:\/\/www.ila.org\/advocacy\/coronavirus-resources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal news COVID-19 Emergency Declaration [Federal Emergency Management Agency release on 3\/13\/2020] On March 13, 2020, the President declared the ongoing Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant an emergency declaration for all states, tribes, territories, and the District of Columbia&#8230; 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