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S 2526 110th Congress Senate

Worker Infection Protection Act

Official title: A bill to protect health care workers and first responders, including police, fire-fighters, emergency medical personnel, and other workers at risk of workplac… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to protect health care workers and first responders, including police, fire-fighters, emergency medical personnel, and other workers at risk of workplace exposure to infectious agents and drug resistant infections, such as MRSA and pandemic influenza.

Introduced: December 19, 2007 See on congress.gov
Health Administrative procedureAntibioticsCommunicable diseasesCrime and Law Enforcement
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Department of Health and Human ServicesDepartment of LaborDrug resistance in microorganismsEmergency ManagementEmergency medicineEmployee trainingFire fightersGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealth surveysInfluenzaLabor and EmploymentLawMedical personnelOccupational health and safetyPoliceRescue workStandardsVaccines
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Dec 19, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Dec 19, 2007
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 Latest action December 19, 2007

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Worker Infection Protection Act - Directs the Secretaries of Labor and of Health and Human Services (HHS) to jointly develop and issue workplace standards, recommendations, and plans to protect health care workers and first responders and other workers at risk of workplace exposure to infectious agents and drug resistant infections, such as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and pandemic influenza.

Directs the Secretary of Labor to develop and issue an emergency temporary standard and, not later than six months after such issuance, a permanent standard for the protection of workers at risk of exposure, to prevent occupational exposure to infectious agents and toxins, such as MRSA and pandemic influenza. Sets forth minimum requirements for such standards concerning: (1) influenza exposure; (2) personal protective equipment; (3) training and information; (4) medical surveillance for exposed workers; and (5) immunization against the pandemic influenza virus, if such a vaccine has been approved and is available.

Requires the HHS Secretary to revise the provisions of the HHS pandemic influenza plan to conform with the minimum worker protection requirements described in this Act and with the permanent occupational safety and health exposure standard issued by the Secretary of Labor under this Act.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2526: Worker Infection Protection Act. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-2526/
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"S. 2526: Worker Infection Protection Act." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-2526/.
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S. 2526, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-2526/.
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