COVID-19 Management Appropriation
Laws 2022 Chapter 50, Article 1, Section 1 appropriated $190 million from the general fund to pay for COVID-19 management costs incurred between May 23, 2022 and February 15, 2023. This appropriation is onetime and is available until March 31, 2023.
Eligible costs include:
- Testing
- Vaccinations
- COVID-19 outbreak management
- Local and Tribal health
- Public education
- Health system supports
The Legislative COVID-19 Response Commission reviews expenditures from the appropriation and provides recommendations on any single expenditure request exceeding $2.5 million.
Approved requests
- MDH Test to Treat (June 6, 2022): $2.5 million
- DHS Emergency Staffing Pool - Revised (June 15, 2022): $590 thousand
- MDH Long Term Care System Supports (June 17, 2022): $600 thousand
- MDH COVID-19 Outbreak Management and Public Education (LCRC Action Order 1 – June 22, 2022): $18.2 million
- MDH Testing Operations (LCRC Action Order 1 – June 22, 2022): $29.7 million
- MDH Vaccine Operations (LCRC Action Order 1 – June 22, 2022): $20.1 million
- OHE Next Generation Nursing Assistant Training (Aug. 12, 2022): $2.4 million
- DHS Emergency Staffing Pool Continuation (Sept. 12, 2022): $1.1 million
- MDH Hospital Decompression – Long Term Care (Nov. 2, 2022): $2.4 million
- DHS Hospital Decompression – County Support and Clinical Consultation Team - Revised (Nov. 2, 2022): $2.3 million
- GOV COVID-19 Response Coordination (Jan. 19, 2023): $225 thousand
- MDH Testing Operations (LCRC Action Order 2 – February 14, 2023): $54.7 million
- MDH Vaccine Operations (LCRC Action Order 2 – February 14, 2023): $2.1 million
- DHS Public Health Emergency Unwind Preparation (February 15, 2023): $1.1 million
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