Amendment ID: S2622-27

Amendment 27

COVID-19 Exposure Notification to Health Care Workers

Messrs. Keenan, Feeney, Tarr, O'Connor, Timilty, Eldridge and Pacheco move that the proposed new text be amended in section 9 by inserting at the end thereof the following new subsection:

"(d) Any health care professional as defined in subsection (a), or any worker in a health care facility, who, while acting in a professional capacity, has been exposed to a patient, colleague, or any other individual who has tested positive for the 2019 novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, shall be notified by the individual's employer of said exposure orally within twenty-four hours of exposure or confirmation of the individual’s status as being capable of transmitting the disease and in writing within forty-eight hours.

Whoever violates any provision of this statute shall be subject to a fine of not less than $1,000 for each violation.

Notwithstanding the provisions of any general law or special law to the contrary, nothing in this section shall constitute a violation of an individual’s right to privacy regarding that individual's medical condition."

and in section 30 by inserting after "Section 9" the following words:- "with the exception of subsection (d)".