It took months for state officials to begin publishing the names of nursing homes with COVID-19 outbreaks.
Now, an effort to establish mandatory reporting requirements has passed both houses of the General Assembly.
Cat Modlin-Jackson has the story.
Bills Requiring Disclosure of Some COVID-19 Outbreaks Advance
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