Becker's Healthcare January 19, 2023
Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) introduced legislation Jan. 17 to end the COVID-19 public health emergency.
The “Pandemic is Over Act,” which is sponsored by more than a dozen other House Republicans, seeks to officially end the public health emergency first declared by HHS in early 2020. The agency has renewed the declaration multiple times in recent years. Most recently, on Jan. 11, HHS extended the public health emergency for an additional 90 days.
“It is long overdue for President Biden to end the COVID-19 public health emergency and relinquish the emergency powers that he just renewed again,” Mr. Guthrie said in a news release.
He also said he introduced the bill “to prevent any more delays by forcing the...
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