Issue Position: Fighting the Spread of COVID-19

Issue Position

Assemblyman Chen helped enact bipartisan emergency legislation to improve the state's health care response to COVID-19 and protect the most vulnerable.

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The emergency measure:

Increased hospital bed capacity and purchased medical equipment to ensure we had capacity to treat COVID-19 patients;

Protected hospitals, nursing homes, and other facilities most vulnerable to COVID-19 spread;

Provided lifesaving services to Californians isolating at home;

Supported local government efforts to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in homeless populations

Provided support to clean child care facilities that remained open.

Source: SB 89 by the Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review -- Budget Act of 2019. SB 117 by the Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review

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Supplying Over 200,000 Masks. Secured over w00,000 masks and donated them to nurses, first responders and vulnerable residents.

Adding Nurses to the System. Pushed to get more nurses onto the frontlines by working to waive professional licensing requirements and issuing temporary licenses to add approximately 14,000 healthcare professionals to the workforce to help deal with COVID-19. Source: Communication with Governor Newsom

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Helping Prevent the Homeless from Spreading COVID 19. Worked across party lines to provide temporary housing and shelter for homeless individuals who are in high risk categories or have COVID-19. Source: Bipartisan Communication with Governor Newsom's office

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