April 23, 2020<\/p>\n
The Senate enacted\u00a0S.2645 – An Act providing for virtual notarization to address challenges related to COVID-19<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
The Senate enacted\u00a0H.4503 – An Act relative to strengthening the local and regional public health system<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
The Senate engrossed\u00a0S.2647 – An Act providing assistance to vulnerable populations during the COVID-19 emergency<\/b>.\u00a0 A summary of this legislation is as follows:<\/p>\n This bill now goes to the House of Representatives for consideration.<\/p>\n \n \u00a0<\/i><\/b>Disaster Recovery Information<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n On March 27, the President declared a Major Disaster Declaration for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts related to the COVID-19 pandemic response. Through this declaration, federal aid will be made available to cities and towns, state agencies, and certain non-profits in all Massachusetts counties to help pay for emergency protective measures (response costs) related to the COVID-19 pandemic. MEMA\u2019s Recovery Unit has developed a website with information and guidance regarding the disaster declaration, eligibility criteria, and the application process.<\/p>\n Federal disaster aid information can be found here:\u00a0https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/info-details\/covid-19-federal-disaster-declaration<\/a><\/p>\n Coronavirus Relief Package Passes Congress<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Congress delivered a nearly $500 billion infusion of coronavirus spending Thursday, rushing new relief to employers and hospitals buckling under the strain of a pandemic that has claimed almost 50,000 American lives and one in six U.S. jobs.\u00a0Read article<\/a>.<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Health Connector Enrollment Update<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n If a constituent does not have health insurance, or if they have health insurance that was bought somewhere other than the Health Connector, now is a good time to look at options to see if they can find a more affordable plan. The extended enrollment period continues through May 25 for people to apply for health insurance, without needing a qualifying event, and April 23rd is the payment deadline for May 1 coverage. Constituents can learn more at\u00a0http:\/\/MAhealthconnector.org<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/i><\/b>Updated Information and FAQs on Pandemic EBT<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n The Department of Transition assistance provided updated information and frequently asked questions regarding the pandemic EBT program. That information can be found here:\u00a0https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/info-details\/pandemic-ebt-p-ebt<\/a><\/p>\n Food Security Task Force Launched<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Secretary Sudders announced today that the Baker-Polito Administration, though the COVID-19 Command Center has launched a Food Security Task Force today with membership from state agencies, the Legislature and other partners such as Greater Boston Food Bank, Project Bread, MA Restaurant Foundation, the Shah Foundation, and representatives from communities of faith. The task force will work to coordinate resources and communication across sectors, stakeholder group, and government at all levels to ensure food insecurity and issue related to the food supply chain are addressed.<\/p>\n The Goals of the panel are to:<\/p>\n The Task Force will present their recommendations to the Governor by the end of this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" April 23, 2020 SENATE LEGISLATIVE ACTION The Senate enacted\u00a0S.2645 – An Act providing for virtual notarization to address challenges related … <\/i>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.senatorwaltertimilty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.senatorwaltertimilty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.senatorwaltertimilty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.senatorwaltertimilty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.senatorwaltertimilty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.senatorwaltertimilty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.senatorwaltertimilty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.senatorwaltertimilty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.senatorwaltertimilty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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\n<\/div>\nFederal Government Updates<\/h2>\n
Baker Administration Updates<\/b><\/h2>\n
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