S 3475
116th Congress
Senate
Labor and Employment
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of Labor
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
Medicare
Worker safety and health
COVID–19 Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2020
Introduced: March 12, 2020
Introduced by:
Duckworth, Tammy
Democratic
· Illinois
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 12, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Mar 12, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
COVID-19 Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2020
This bill requires the Department of Labor to promulgate both an emergency temporary occupational safety or health standard and a permanent standard to protect certain employees from occupational exposure to the coronavirus (i.e., the virus that causes COVID-19). These standards apply to health care sector employees and other employees identified as having an elevated risk for exposure, including employees of states and their political subdivisions.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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