Emergency Grants of Release And Compassion Effectively Act of 2020 or the Emergency GRACE Act This bill makes various changes to address COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) and expand the use of compassionate release programs in correctional facilities, including by providing emergency funding to nonfederal correctional facilities.
Administrative remediesAgingAppropriationsCancerCardiovascular and respiratory healthCongressional oversightCorrectional facilities and imprisonmentCriminal procedure and sentencingDepartment of JusticeDetention of personsDigestive and metabolic diseasesEmergency medical services and trauma careExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment information and archivesHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessHealth information and medical recordsHealth promotion and preventive careHealth technology, devices, suppliesHIV/AIDSImmunology and vaccinationInfectious and parasitic diseasesLaw enforcement administration and fundingLaw enforcement officersLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedicaidMedical tests and diagnostic methodsPublic contracts and procurementSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizationsState and local government operations
Emergency GRACE Act
USA116th CongressS-3698| Senate
| Updated: 5/12/2020
Emergency Grants of Release And Compassion Effectively Act of 2020 or the Emergency GRACE Act This bill makes various changes to address COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) and expand the use of compassionate release programs in correctional facilities, including by providing emergency funding to nonfederal correctional facilities.
Administrative remediesAgingAppropriationsCancerCardiovascular and respiratory healthCongressional oversightCorrectional facilities and imprisonmentCriminal procedure and sentencingDepartment of JusticeDetention of personsDigestive and metabolic diseasesEmergency medical services and trauma careExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment information and archivesHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessHealth information and medical recordsHealth promotion and preventive careHealth technology, devices, suppliesHIV/AIDSImmunology and vaccinationInfectious and parasitic diseasesLaw enforcement administration and fundingLaw enforcement officersLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedicaidMedical tests and diagnostic methodsPublic contracts and procurementSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizationsState and local government operations