PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE - Jul 23, 2020

PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE · July 23, 2020

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Opening remarks and purpose

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Senator Irvin opened the Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee meeting to address COVID-19 response statewide, stressing the need for consistent, targeted policy and collaboration between the legislature and executive agencies; he said testing and contact tracing are the focus for this session.

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The Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee convened to question Arkansas Department of Health officials about COVID-19 testing, laboratory turnaround times, contact tracing capacity and school reopening guidance. Lawmakers pressed the department on long commercial-lab delays, plans to expand state lab capacity and how contact-tracing contracts and school protocols will operate in practice.

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