Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate

SCR 8 — Senate concurrent resolution recognizing March 2026 as International Long COVID Awareness Month in Vermont

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This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced March 13, 2026. It now moves to the second chamber.

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State of Vermont Senate Chamber Montpelier, Vermont Senate Concurrent Resolution Offered by Committee on Health and Welfare, S.C.R.
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Senate concurrent resolution recognizing March 2026 as International Long COVIDAwareness Month in Vermont.
Senate concurrent resolution recognizing March 2026 as International Long COVID Awareness Month in Vermont.
(S.C.R.8) Offered by Committee on Health and Welfare, Whereas, in May 2023, the World Health Organization terminated its COVID-19 emergency, but according to the Yale School of Medicine, over 20 million Americans live with the long-term effects of the COVID-19 virus, a malady known as long COVID, and this situation represents a major public health and economic challenge, and Whereas, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine define long COVID as “an infection-associated chronic condition (IACC) that occurs after SARS- CoV-2 infection and is present for at least 3 months as a continuous, relapsing and remitting, or progressive disease state that affects one or more organ systems,” and Whereas, therearemorethan200long COVIDsymptoms, including“persistent fatigue, post-exertional malaise, brain fog, and sleep disturbance … similar to those reported by people with ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome) and other multi-system chronic complex diseases (msCCD),” and other symptoms can include changes in smell and taste, chest pain, coughing, pins and needles sensations, and a fast- beating or pounding heart, and Whereas, in 2023, the International Long COVID Awareness (ILCA) organization designated March as International Long COVID Awareness Month and March 15 as International Long COVID Awareness Day to educate the public on the societal implications of long COVID, and Whereas, in 2026, International Long COVID Awareness Month will “focus on the impacts of SARS-CoV-2 and Long COVID on the heart & cardiovascular system,” and Whereas, among the topically specific dates associated with International Long COVID Awareness Month are Long COVID:
Whereas, in May 2023, the World Health Organization terminated its COVID-19 emergency, but according to the Yale School of Medicine, over 20 million Americans live with the long-term effects of the COVID-19 virus, a malady known as long COVID, and this situation represents a major public health and economic challenge, and Whereas, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine define long COVID as “an infection-associated chronic condition (IACC) that occurs after SARS-CoV-2 infection and is present for at least 3 months as a continuous, relapsing and remitting, or progressive disease state that affects one or more organ systems,” and Whereas, there are more than 200 long COVID symptoms, including “persistent fatigue, post- exertional malaise, brain fog, and sleep disturbance … similar to those reported by people with ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome) and other multi-system chronic complex diseases (msCCD),” and other symptoms can include changes in smell and taste, chest pain, coughing, pins and needles sensations, and a fast-beating or pounding heart, and Whereas, in 2023, the International Long COVID Awareness (ILCA) organization designated March as International Long COVID Awareness Month and March 15 as International Long COVID Awareness Day to educate the public on the societal implications of long COVID, and Whereas, in 2026, International Long COVID Awareness Month will “focus on the impacts of SARS-CoV-2 and Long COVID on the heart & cardiovascular system,” and Whereas, among the topically specific dates associated with International Long COVID Awareness Month are Long COVID:
Every Heartbeat Counts (March 7), International Long COVID Awareness Week (March 9–15), Disability Support for People with Long COVID (March 16–22), and Long COVID in Children (March 23–31), and Whereas, raising the importance of long COVID awareness in Vermont is of the utmost urgency, now therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives:
Every Heartbeat Counts (March 7), International Long COVID Awareness Week (March 9–15), Disability Support for People with Long COVID (March 16–22), and Long COVID in Children (March 23–31), and Whereas, raising the importance of long COVID awareness in Vermont is of the utmost urgency, now therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives:
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Action History

  1. As adopted by Senate and House

  2. House message: House adopted in concurrence

  3. Adopted pursuant to Joint Rule 16b

  4. Senate Message: Adopted in concurrence

  5. Adopted on the part of the Senate

  6. Adopted by Senate

  7. Taken up

  8. Resolutions for Adoption

Sponsors

  • Senate Committee on Health and Welfare · Primary

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Sponsors (1)

  • Senate Committee on Health and Welfare

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (189)

189 members have not signed on to this bill.

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