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.
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
COVID–19 Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2020
USA116th CongressS-3475| Senate
| Updated: 3/12/2020
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 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.
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