HR 7538
116th Congress
House
Labor and Employment
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee leave
Federal preemption
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
State and local government operations
Worker safety and health
Essential Workforce Parity Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 9, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Reform, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jul 9, 2020
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Essential Workforce Parity Act
This bill limits the liability of health care professionals and related health care entities for certain harm caused in the course of arranging or providing health care services during and shortly after the COVID-19 public health emergency.
What's happening now
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Reform, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Committees of jurisdiction
4
Cosponsors
1