N.J. Assembly passes coronavirus bills to help workers who will lose wages, school kids
The New Jersey Assembly passed a wide-ranging package of bipartisan bills Monday in response to the growing coronavirus outbreak to assist the people, schools, businesses and local governments in the state grappling with the medical and financial impacts of the public health crisis.
The more than two dozen measures, which quickly went through two committees Monday before votes in the full Assembly, target people losing wages as more and more businesses close temporarily and social distancing wipes out commerce, and the closed schools attempting to meet new nutritional and educational demands.
“The coronavirus is a concern globally, and in New Jersey we are committed to making sure residents and businesses are prepared and equipped to continue to live and work as we continue through this pandemic,” Assemblywoman Angela McKnight, D-Hudson, chairwoman of the Homeland Security committee, said at the measures passed at the Statehouse in Trenton.
“Some of the bills before the committee today are measures to help children continue to receive lessons outside the classroom and ensure those who may not be able to eat at home continue to receive the meals they would be given at schools, require insurance carriers to cover coronavirus testing and treatment, and ensuring no employee is fired due to having to be quarantined," McKnight added.
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