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Keeping Seniors Safe from COVID-19 Through Home Design Act of 2020

Introduced: October 6, 2020 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Oct 6, 2020
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Keeping Seniors Safe from COVID-19 Through Home Design Act of 2020

This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Health and Human Services to study improved home and housing design features in nursing homes and assisted living facilities that can help prevent the spread of infectious diseases, including COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).

What's happening now October 6, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2
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Crow, Jason
Colorado · Dec 17, 2020
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Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Nov 17, 2020
Delgado, Antonio
· Oct 6, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8540: Keeping Seniors Safe from COVID-19 Through Home Design Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8540/
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"H.R. 8540: Keeping Seniors Safe from COVID-19 Through Home Design Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8540/.
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H.R. 8540, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8540/.
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