Committee funding and recommendations of the SC House Business Re-opening Committee

8.13.20

By Greg Homeyer

• Establish a grant program for small minority owned business
  • This should cover losses due to COVID-19
• Supports the work of the House COVID-19 liability committee on temporary protections for businesses
• Supports continued funding to replenish the Unemployment Trust Fund
• Continued funding of workers compensation for first responders inflicted with COVID-19
• Continued funding of broadband expansion to rural communities
• Funding other options for childcare for those displaced by closure of childcare facilities  
  • This effort will be more focused in rural communities
• Continue to support public-partnership options for the procurement of protective equipment
• Support South Carolina Department of Agriculture local campaigns
• The CARES Act limits online grocery buying to certain retailers who have obtained USDA qualification  
  • Funding should be available to help smooth this process for consumers and help sellers become qualified
• Grants to Technical Schools to help retrain those displaced due to job loss
• Recommend extra restrictions on alcohol licenses
• Possible ability for retailers to do curbside pickup or drop off of unopened beer or wine
• Contact with nonprofit organizations to see how the state can work with them
• Provide assistance and technical support to small business owners