S. 3475

Referred to Committee

COVID–19 Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2020

Introduced 3/12/2020•116th Congress•Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

3/12/2020 • Senate

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 the coronavirus (i.e., the virus that causes COVID-19). These standards apply to health care sector employees and other employees identified as having an elevated risk for exposure, including employees of states and their political subdivisions.

Introduced in Senate • 3/12/2020

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Policy Area: Labor and Employment

Administrative law and regulatory proceduresCardiovascular and respiratory healthDepartment of LaborEmergency medical services and trauma careHealth facilities and institutionsHealth personnelHealth programs administration and fundingInfectious and parasitic diseasesLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedicareWorker safety and health