HR 6872
116th Congress
House
Health
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Nursing
Worker safety and health
SOS Act of 2020
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 14, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
May 14, 2020
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Sending Outside Support Act of 2020 or the SOS Act of 2020
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to distribute funds to allow states to establish strike teams that may be deployed to skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities with cases of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) to help with clinical care, infection control, or staffing.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Committees of jurisdiction
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