HR 4982 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Health Care Workforce Protection Act of 2019

Fact sheet

Latest action · Nov 6, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedNov 5, 2019
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Health Care Workforce Protection Act of 2019

This bill extends targeted liability protection to certain manufacturers, distributors, prescribers, and users of approved respiratory protective devices that are used under certain conditions during a declared public health emergency.

Cosponsors 9

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 5, 2019 to Mar 25, 2020, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-RIJames R. LangevinOriginalNov 5, 2019
D-NYPaul TonkoOriginalNov 5, 2019
R-MIJohn R. MoolenaarNov 13, 2019
D-PAMichael F. DoyleDec 4, 2019
R-MIFred UptonMar 2, 2020
D-MNAngie CraigMar 4, 2020
D-MNDean PhillipsMar 13, 2020
R-OHAnthony GonzalezMar 25, 2020
R-WIMike GallagherMar 25, 2020

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 6, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Nov 5, 2019Introduced in House
  3. Nov 5, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 3372Health Care Workforce Protection Act of 2020Related billMar 2, 2020

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Nov 5, 2019Introduced in House

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