On March 27, President Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act into law. The bipartisan CARES Act is the third legislative package passed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The first COVID-19 funding bill, the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, was signed into law on March 6 and provided $8.3 billion in emergency funding.
The second bill, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, primarily addressed paid family medical leave (FMLA) and sick leave.
The CARES Act provides $2 trillion in economic stimulus and financial assistance to address the current public health emergency and includes several provisions that are important for family medicine. Read the summary of the CARES Act from the American Academy of Family Physicians.