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COVID–19 Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2020

USA116th CongressS-3475| Senate 
| Updated: 3/12/2020
Tammy Duckworth

Tammy Duckworth

Democratic Senator

Illinois

Cosponsors (11)
Dianne Feinstein (Democratic)Richard J. Durbin (Democratic)Jack Reed (Democratic)Kirsten E. Gillibrand (Democratic)Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)Robert P. Casey (Democratic)Sherrod Brown (Democratic)Bernard Sanders (Independent)Cory A. Booker (Democratic)Robert Menendez (Democratic)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
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.
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Timeline
Mar 10, 2020

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-6139
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 12, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Mar 12, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • March 10, 2020

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-6139
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.


  • March 12, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 12, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Labor and Employment

Related Bills

  • HR 116-6139: COVID–19 Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2020
  • HR 116-6201: Families First Coronavirus Response Act
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.
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Timeline
Mar 10, 2020

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-6139
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 12, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Mar 12, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • March 10, 2020

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-6139
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.


  • March 12, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 12, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Tammy Duckworth

Tammy Duckworth

Democratic Senator

Illinois

Cosponsors (11)
Dianne Feinstein (Democratic)Richard J. Durbin (Democratic)Jack Reed (Democratic)Kirsten E. Gillibrand (Democratic)Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)Robert P. Casey (Democratic)Sherrod Brown (Democratic)Bernard Sanders (Independent)Cory A. Booker (Democratic)Robert Menendez (Democratic)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

Labor and Employment

Related Bills

  • HR 116-6139: COVID–19 Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2020
  • HR 116-6201: Families First Coronavirus Response Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
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