Personal Protective Equipment for Home Health Care Workers Act of 2020

Bill Number

HR 9031

Introduced

Dec 18, 2020

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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 ...

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Allied health services Cardiovascular and respiratory health Emergency medical services and trauma care Government information and archives Health Health information and medical records Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Health technology, devices, supplies Home and outpatient care Infectious and parasitic diseases Medicaid Medicare Right of privacy Worker safety and health

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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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Dec 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.
Dec 18, 2020

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