119th Congress Health
H.R. 8484: Hazard Pay for Health Care Heroes Act
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Summary
This bill authorizes grants to support hazard pay and safety measures for essential health care workers whose work or commute is hazardous due to a declared emergency or disaster. Essential health care workers include health care providers, public health workers, janitorial staff in health care settings, and other roles essential to the care of patients or maintenance of public health that cannot be conducted remotely.
Specifically, the Department of Health and Human Services may award grants to public or private nonprofit health care facilities and home health agencies for providing hazard pay to essential health care workers working or commuting in such conditions. Recipients may also use funds for safety measures to protect health care workers from such hazards (e.g., alternative transit options and personal protective equipment).
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
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Amendments
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Cosponsors
- Yvette Clarke D-NYOriginal
- André Carson D-INOriginal
- Jasmine Crockett D-TXOriginal
- Gregorio Casar D-TXOriginal
- Maxwell Frost D-FLOriginal
- Valerie Foushee D-NCOriginal
- Robert Garcia D-CAOriginal
- Jonathan Jackson D-ILOriginal
- Ro Khanna D-CAOriginal
- Jennifer McClellan D-VAOriginal
- Eleanor Norton D-DCOriginal
- Ayanna Pressley D-MAOriginal
- Marilyn Strickland D-WAOriginal
- Terri Sewell D-ALOriginal
- Lateefah Simon D-CAOriginal
- Rashida Tlaib D-MIOriginal
- Jill Tokuda D-HIOriginal
- Bonnie Watson Coleman D-NJOriginal
- Pramila Jayapal D-WA
- Sydney Kamlager-Dove D-CA
- Becca Balint D-VT
- Troy Carter D-LA
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History
- Introduced in the House by Summer Lee.
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- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.