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Alaska Legislature agrees to COVID-19 response bill
April 29, 2021 GMT
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) Alaska lawmakers have agreed to retroactively extend the state’s COVID-19 disaster emergency declaration as part of an effort to maintain state eligibility for food assistance benefits and other federal aid dollars.
The measure, which would extend the declaration through 2021, was passed by the Senate and House Wednesday and was to be sent to Gov. Mike Dunleavy. Adam Crum, the state health commissioner, had told legislative leaders action on the bill was needed by Friday to ensure the state could access additional food assistance benefits for April.
There’s no guarantee a disaster declaration will remain in effect the rest of the year; under the bill, Dunleavy could declare a disaster emergency no longer exists. However, the bill also would give the health commissioner, Crum, the ability to declare a limited public health emergency for such things as vaccine distribution and to suppor
Print article Alaska’s pandemic state of emergency expired in February, and the bill would have retroactively extended the emergency through the end of the year, but immediately after signing the bill, Dunleavy declared the pandemic emergency over. Alaska Department of Health and Social Services Commissioner Adam Crum was allowed to issue a more limited order that keeps the state eligible for federal aid that can be accepted only during an emergency. It also provides liability protection for medical providers as they coordinate COVID-19 testing, treatments and vaccines. Businesses are protected from COVID-19 liability as long as they are not grossly negligent.