Frontline Heroes Act
USA116th CongressHR-8441| House
| Updated: 9/29/2020
Norma J. Torres
Democratic Representative
California
Cosponsors (15)
Gilbert Ray Cisneros (Democratic)Barbara Lee (Democratic)Raúl M. Grijalva (Democratic)Darren Soto (Democratic)Juan Vargas (Democratic)Terri A. Sewell (Democratic)Thomas R. Suozzi (Democratic)Lucille Roybal-Allard (Democratic)André Carson (Democratic)Filemon Vela (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Jamie Raskin (Democratic)Alcee L. Hastings (Democratic)Gerald E. Connolly (Democratic)Grace F. Napolitano (Democratic)
Ways and Means Committee, Judiciary Committee, Energy and Commerce Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Frontline Heroes Act This bill establishes temporary programs within the Department of Justice to compensate frontline health care workers or their survivors for disabilities or deaths resulting from COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). The bill also requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to collect COVID-19 outcome and mortality data for personnel of health care facilities and long-term care facilities and to study the long-term health impacts of COVID-19, including its potential to cause disabilities.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, 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.
Health
Administrative remediesCardiovascular and respiratory healthCongressional oversightDepartment of JusticeDisability and paralysisEmergency medical services and trauma careEmployee benefits and pensionsGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHealth information and medical recordsHealth personnelHealth programs administration and fundingHigher educationInfectious and parasitic diseasesJudicial review and appealsMedical educationMedical researchMedical tests and diagnostic methodsStudent aid and college costsWorker safety and health
Frontline Heroes Act
USA116th CongressHR-8441| House
| Updated: 9/29/2020
Frontline Heroes Act This bill establishes temporary programs within the Department of Justice to compensate frontline health care workers or their survivors for disabilities or deaths resulting from COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). The bill also requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to collect COVID-19 outcome and mortality data for personnel of health care facilities and long-term care facilities and to study the long-term health impacts of COVID-19, including its potential to cause disabilities.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, 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.
Norma J. Torres
Democratic Representative
California
Cosponsors (15)
Gilbert Ray Cisneros (Democratic)Barbara Lee (Democratic)Raúl M. Grijalva (Democratic)Darren Soto (Democratic)Juan Vargas (Democratic)Terri A. Sewell (Democratic)Thomas R. Suozzi (Democratic)Lucille Roybal-Allard (Democratic)André Carson (Democratic)Filemon Vela (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Jamie Raskin (Democratic)Alcee L. Hastings (Democratic)Gerald E. Connolly (Democratic)Grace F. Napolitano (Democratic)
Ways and Means Committee, Judiciary Committee, Energy and Commerce Committee
Health
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Administrative remediesCardiovascular and respiratory healthCongressional oversightDepartment of JusticeDisability and paralysisEmergency medical services and trauma careEmployee benefits and pensionsGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHealth information and medical recordsHealth personnelHealth programs administration and fundingHigher educationInfectious and parasitic diseasesJudicial review and appealsMedical educationMedical researchMedical tests and diagnostic methodsStudent aid and college costsWorker safety and health