EQUAL Care Act
USA116th CongressS-3601| Senate
| Updated: 5/5/2020
Ben Sasse
Republican Senator
Nebraska
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Ending Qualifications that are Unjust for Access to Lifesaving Care Act or the EQUAL Care Act This bill prohibits a state from receiving resources or supplies from specified sources, including the Strategic National Stockpile, during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency if the state has a policy for the distribution or use of such resources or supplies that discriminates on the basis of disability.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Health
Cardiovascular and respiratory healthDisability and health-based discriminationEmergency medical services and trauma careHealth technology, devices, suppliesInfectious and parasitic diseasesMilitary procurement, research, weapons developmentPublic contracts and procurementState and local government operationsStrategic materials and reserves
EQUAL Care Act
USA116th CongressS-3601| Senate
| Updated: 5/5/2020
Ending Qualifications that are Unjust for Access to Lifesaving Care Act or the EQUAL Care Act This bill prohibits a state from receiving resources or supplies from specified sources, including the Strategic National Stockpile, during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency if the state has a policy for the distribution or use of such resources or supplies that discriminates on the basis of disability.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Ben Sasse
Republican Senator
Nebraska
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Health
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Cardiovascular and respiratory healthDisability and health-based discriminationEmergency medical services and trauma careHealth technology, devices, suppliesInfectious and parasitic diseasesMilitary procurement, research, weapons developmentPublic contracts and procurementState and local government operationsStrategic materials and reserves