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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 See on congress.gov
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Mar 12, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Mar 12, 2020
Introduced in Senate
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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 March 12, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 6139 Related bill COVID–19 Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2020
  • HR 6201 Related bill Families First Coronavirus Response Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 6 Independent 1
D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · May 18, 2020
 D
Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Mar 12, 2020
 D
Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Mar 12, 2020
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Mar 12, 2020
 D
Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Mar 12, 2020
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Mar 12, 2020
 D
Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Mar 12, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3475: COVID–19 Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3475/
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"S. 3475: COVID–19 Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3475/.
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S. 3475, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3475/.
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