Amendment ID: S2622-13-R1

Redraft Amendment 13

Free-of-Charge Rapid Antigen Testing for Small Businesses

Ms. DiZoglio, Messrs. Tarr and O'Connor move that the proposed new text be amended in Section 2A, in item 1599-0080, in line 46, by inserting after the figure “24” the following words:- “; provided further, that funds may be made available to the Massachusetts Growth Capital Corporation to provide 2019 novel coronavirus rapid antigen tests to small businesses operating in the commonwealth; provided further, that funds may be made available for a multilingual communications outreach plan to disseminate information to communities disproportionately impacted by the 2019 novel coronavirus; provided further, that the outreach plan shall include, but not be limited to: (a) the purpose and public health benefits of frequent rapid antigen testing; (b) where and how to access free 2019 novel coronavirus rapid antigen tests; (c) how to use such tests at home, in school, in the workplace and in other settings; and (d) appropriate steps to take if a test comes back positive”.