COVID-19 virus; Commissioner of Health shall make information available to public on a website.

Commissioner of Health; publication of informationabout certain communicable diseases; COVID-19 progress benchmarks;emergency. Requires that upon the declaration of a public healthemergency related to a communicable disease, the Commissioner ofHealth weekly make available to the public information about confirmedcases of the communicable disease among the total population of theCommonwealth and separate information about total confirmed casesof the communicable disease among the general population of the Commonwealthdisplayed in comparison to total confirmed cases of the communicabledisease among persons living in confined spaces within the Commonwealth.The bill defines "confined spaces" as nursing homes, jails and prisons,and group homes. The bill also requires the Commissioner to publish confirmed cases of communicable disease by age group in incrementsof 10 years. The bill directs the Commissioner to develop and makeavailable to the public on a website maintained by the Departmentof Health COVID-19 pandemic progress benchmarks that include progressbenchmarks for percent positivity rates, percent ventilator utilization,percent intensive care unit utilization by COVID-19 patients, and other variables as deemed appropriate. The bill contains an emergencyclause.