• Date Due: June 01, 2021
  • Author: Secretary of Health and Human Resources and Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security
  • Enabling Authority: Chapter 362 Enactment Clause 1. (Regular Session, 2020)
  • Description:
    Report on the findings and recommendations of the work group convened to: (i) develop a plan to establish an entity to assist with management of exposure-prone incidents involving employees of law-enforcement agencies, volunteers and employees of fire departments and companies, and volunteers and employees of emergency medical services agencies and other appropriate entities, and (ii) study and develop recommendations related to developing the ability to perform postmortem testing for infection with human immunodeficiency (HIV) or hepatitis B or C viruses through the Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services.

    PLEASE NOTE: Pursuant to § 4-8.01 of the 2020 Appropriation Act, the Office of the Governor has granted an extension date until June 1, 2021 for the delivery of the report mandated by Chapter 362 of the 2020 Acts of Assembly due to the demand on Secretary of Health and Human Resources and Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security staff resources posed by the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.