To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish emergency grants to safeguard essential health care workers, and for other purposes.
This bill creates a new grant program under the Public Health Service Act to provide emergency funding for health care facilities during declared emergencies (like pandemics or natural disasters). It authorizes grants to public or private nonprofit health care facilities and home health agencies to pay hazardous duty compensation to eligible health care workers - such as nurses, medical technicians, and facility cleaners - performing essential on-site work. Grants can cover up to $13 per hour in hazard pay (capped at $25,000 annually per worker) or fund safety measures like personal protective equipment and alternative transit. The program requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to determine if work or commutes are hazardous during emergencies.
Bill status
in committee
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Introduction
May 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
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Introduced May 24, 2023
Last action May 26, 2023
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May 26, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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May 24, 2023
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
lower
May 24, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in House
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1 primary · 37 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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Summer L. Lee
DDemocratic
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
DDemocratic
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André Carson
DDemocratic
Co
Ayanna Pressley
DDemocratic
Co
Barbara Lee
DDemocratic
Co
Becca Balint
DDemocratic
Co
Bonnie Watson Coleman
DDemocratic
Co
Brendan F. Boyle
DDemocratic
Co
Christopher R. Deluzio
DDemocratic
Co
Cori Bush
DDemocratic
Co
Delia C. Ramirez
DDemocratic
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