HARRISBURG (100.1 FM and AM 1020 KDKA) — Pennsylvania Senators announced on Sunday that there are plans to bring forward legislation that would "create a statewide COVID-19 Vaccine Registration database."
Four state Democrats are leading the charge: Senators Lindsey Williams (D-Allegheny), Maria Collett (D-Bucks, Montgomery), Katie Muth (D-Berks, Chester, Montgomery), and Amanda M. Cappelletti (D-Delaware, Montgomery).
The four began putting out feelers for a "co-sponsorship memo," looking for reactions from other members.
The legislation would allow for a registration system to be built so that Pennsylvania citizens can enlist themselves or their family members as willing to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
The registry would also keep track of distance traveled for recipients, an individual's risk categorization, and maintain vaccine eligibility.
There are hopes that the registry would allow vaccine administrators to streamline the process and appropriately prioritize vulnerable persons.
"Our offices have all been inundated with heartbreaking calls of constituents desperate to protect themselves and their loved ones from this deadly disease," said Senator Williams.
"From an 80-year-old cancer survivor with no internet access who cannot search for an online vaccine appointment from a long list of individual providers to a young man with Down's syndrome who was turned away from a vaccine clinic despite having an appointment for not meeting the 65+ age criteria, we are failing the millions of Pennsylvanians who need a straightforward, accessible, and consistent way to sign up for their COVID vaccine."
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