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HR 9031 116th Congress House

Personal Protective Equipment for Home Health Care Workers Act of 2020

Official title: To amend title XVIII and XIX of the Social Security to require home health agencies to provide personal protective equipment to workers and submit related reports, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 18, 2020 Introduced by: Moore, Gwen Democratic · Wisconsin See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 116th Congress (2019–2020) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Dec 18, 2020
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 Latest action December 18, 2020

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Personal Protective Equipment for Home Health Care Workers Act of 2020

This bill requires home health agencies to provide personal protective equipment to their workers, and to regularly report data regarding worker deaths, during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) as a condition of federal payment under Medicare, Medicaid, and specified COVID-19 relief funds.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 9031: Personal Protective Equipment for Home Health Care Workers Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-9031/
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"H.R. 9031: Personal Protective Equipment for Home Health Care Workers Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-9031/.
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H.R. 9031, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-9031/.
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