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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2023 - 2024
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | May 10, 2023 11:22 AM |
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| From: | Representative Arvind Venkat |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | Study of Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 Response |
| Former Governor Tom Wolf reported Pennsylvania’s first two confirmed cases of COVID-19 in March 2020, and since then, Pennsylvania has had almost three million confirmed cases of COVID-19 and just over 51,000 deaths. COVID-19 impacted Pennsylvanians through stay-at-home orders, mandatory masking, school closures, business closures and restrictions, hospitalizations, deaths of loved ones, and financial hardships. Now that the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic is likely behind us, it gives us the opportunity to look back on how our society and government responded. I believe it is important that we take the opportunity to assess how we did during the pandemic and how we can make sure we do better in future similar events. Accordingly, I will shortly be introducing a resolution to direct the Joint State Government Commission to study Pennsylvania’s response to COVID-19. This study would focus on evaluating Pennsylvania’s preparedness and response in the areas of emergency services and first responders, public health infrastructure, health care systems, schools, and government agencies. The commission would issue a report with their findings along with recommendations, legislative or otherwise, for improvements to Pennsylvania’s response to major emergencies such as COVID-19 in early 2024. It is vital that we make sure, as a Commonwealth, that we are prepared if another emergency, such as COVID-19, happens again in the future. Being better prepared can mean the difference between saving or losing countless lives. Please join me in ensuring our state is better-prepared to face any future emergency by co-sponsoring this resolution. |
Introduced as HR143