Emergency legislation introduced Monday night by the General Assembly’s presiding officers and Sen. Clarence K. Lam (D-Howard), the legislature’s lone public health doctor, to address the coronavirus calls for several measures to safeguard Marylanders’ health and to prevent price gouging by retailers.

One provision in the bill would ensure that people under quarantine or isolation don’t lose their jobs. But it doesn’t guarantee pay for the period when they are missing work.

Cailey Locklair, president of the Maryland Retailers Association, said members of her organization, which includes supermarkets and pharmacies, are among the businesses that could be hit most seriously by a widespread outbreak of the coronavirus — even as they’re asked to continue to provide essential services.

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