S 3372 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Health Care Workforce Protection Act of 2020

Introduced Mar 2, 2020 Originated Senate Sponsor Deb Fischer R-NE

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 2, 2020 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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.

IntroducedMar 2, 2020
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Health Care Workforce Protection Act of 2020

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 12

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 2, 2020 to Mar 12, 2020, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-NE	Ben Sasse	Original	Mar 2, 2020
R-MO	Josh Hawley	Original	Mar 2, 2020
D-AZ	Kyrsten Sinema	Original	Mar 2, 2020
R-SD	Mike Rounds	Original	Mar 2, 2020
R-SD	John Thune		Mar 4, 2020
R-KY	Rand Paul		Mar 10, 2020
R-NC	Thom Tillis		Mar 10, 2020
R-AR	Tom Cotton		Mar 10, 2020
R-AK	Dan Sullivan		Mar 11, 2020
R-ND	John Hoeven		Mar 11, 2020
R-ND	Kevin Cramer		Mar 11, 2020
R-LA	Bill Cassidy		Mar 12, 2020

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 2, 2020Introduced in Senate
Mar 2, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 4982	Health Care Workforce Protection Act of 2019	Related bill	Nov 6, 2019

Subjects

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

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Mar 2, 2020Introduced in Senate

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