Amendment ID: S2467-20

Amendment 20

Vaccine Equity Benchmarks

Ms. Chang-Diaz, Ms. Rausch, Mr. Collins, Ms. Comerford, Messrs. Timilty, Montigny and O'Connor move to amend the bill by inserting after section 27 the following section:-

“SECTION ___. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, not later than July 30, 2021, the secretary of health and human services shall, in consultation with the office of health equity and the department of public health, establish a set of quantitative goals and benchmarks to define and achieve equitable vaccine penetration in communities disproportionately impacted by the 2019 novel coronavirus; and provided further, that the 2019 novel coronavirus infection and hospitalization rates of different racial and ethnic groups shall be considered in establishing the benchmarks."