Congress 116 - HR 6139 - COVID–19 Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2020

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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 Labor and Employment Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicare Worker safety and health

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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 SARS-CoV-2 (known as coronavirus or COVID-19). These standards apply to health care sector employees and other employees identified as having an elevated risk for exposure.

Actions

Mar 10, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 9, 2020

Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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.
Mar 9, 2020

Introduced in House

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