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Lawmakers hear bill to form New Hampshire committee on long COVID impacts and accommodations
Summary
A bill to establish a state committee to study protections, accommodations and economic impacts for people with long COVID drew testimony citing a fiscal report estimating tens of thousands in New Hampshire have experienced long COVID and several thousand face employment impacts.
The House Committee on Health and Human Services and Elderly Affairs held a public hearing on House Bill 58, which would establish a committee to study legislative protections and accommodations for individuals with long COVID.
Prime sponsor Representative Wendy Thomas, who represents Merrimack, told the committee the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute report mailed to members estimates about 22,400 people in the state have reported long COVID and that roughly 4,000 working‑age residents have been pushed out of the workforce…
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