Budget Amendment ID: FY2022-S3-577-R1

Redraft EHS 577

Vaccine Equity Benchmarks

Ms. Chang-Diaz, Ms. Rausch, Ms. Comerford, Messrs. Moore, Lesser, Cronin, Keenan, Cyr, Pacheco and Montigny moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 4000-0009, by adding the following words:- “; provided further, that 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; provided further, that the 2019 novel coronavirus infection and hospitalization rates of different racial and ethnic groups shall be considered in establishing the benchmarks”.