COVID–19 Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2020
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Mar 9, 2020)
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 SARS-CoV-2 (known as coronavirus or COVID-19). These standards apply to health care sector employees and other employees identified as having an elevated risk for exposure.
What just happenedMar 10, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseMar 9, 2020
- Mar 10, 2020Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Mar 9, 2020IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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.
Ways and Means Committee - Mar 9, 2020IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Mar 9, 2020IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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.
Education and the Workforce Committee - Mar 9, 2020IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Mar 9, 2020IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House