#California moves toward being first to require hospitals to have 45-day supply of PPE
“#California moves toward being first to require hospitals to have 45-day supply of PPE”
September 2, 2020 | 9:57am
Mend Urgent Care workers wearing personal protective equipment perform drive-up COVID-19 testing for students and faculty at Woodbury University in Burbank, California.
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California’s state legislature passed SB 275, which requires hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, dialysis clinics and other health care facilities to maintain PPE stockpiles, on Monday night. The legislation is supported by SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West, a hospital workers’ union with approximately 97,000 members.
“This legislation will make sure we will never be caught off-guard again when a pandemic or other health emergency hits our state,” Jessica Rodriguez, an emergency department technician at Kaiser Oakland, said in a statement shared by SEIU-UHW. “Too many healthcare and other essential workers have gotten sick and needlessly died because we did not have the supplies of PPE we desperately needed to treat COVID-19 patients. Many lives will be saved because of this new law.”
SB 275 would require the stockpiles to be created by Jan. 1, 2023 and health care providers could be on the hook for fines up to $25,000 if they’re found to be in violation. SB 275 would also require California to maintain a 90-day supply of PPE for health care and other essential workers.
The bill is sponsored by two Democrats, state Sens. Richard Pan and Connie Leyva.
Fox News’ inquiry to Gov. Gavin Newsom about whether he will sign SB 275 was not returned at the time of publication.
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