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Gov. Chris Sununu signed a bill into law Tuesday that expands and permanently ensures that health care providers can bill insurance companies for visits by phone and internet at the same rate they would if the patient came to their office.
Manchester school superintendent Dr. John Goldhardt said a preliminary reopening plan will be floated at the July 20 Board of School Committee meeting with the intention of a full recommendation going before the Board of School Committee for a vote at the first meeting in August.
Dr. Benjamin Chan, state epidemiologist, and Lori Shibinette, commissioner of the state Department of Health and Human Services, said the state is in a relatively good spot with 19 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 Tuesday, three new hospitalizations and two deaths, both residents of long-term care facilities.
Gov. Chris Sununu announced an additional $35 million for those facing eviction or who cannot pay their past utility bills due to the novel coronavirus while a testing effort in nursing homes statewide has caught 15 asymptomatic cases.