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Pandemic School Nurse Training to Protect Students and Communities Act of 2020

Introduced: March 13, 2020 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 13, 2020
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Pandemic School Nurse Training to Protect Students and Communities Act of 2020

This bill authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to make grants to, and enter into contracts with, state and local education agencies to train elementary and secondary school nurses to serve as first responders and crisis managers in the event of a biological or chemical attack at a school or an outbreak of pandemic influenza among individuals under their care.

The training must prepare school nurses to (1) protect and preserve life; (2) notify public health authorities to help contain or mitigate the effects of an attack or outbreak; and (3) take other appropriate and feasible actions, such as preserve evidence of an attack.

What's happening now March 13, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2