Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2021

United States117th CongressS-1068Senate
Latest legislative activity: Apr 12, 2021

Summary

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Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2021

This bill requires the Department of Labor to promulgate an occupational safety or health standard on prevention of exposure to excessive heat. Excessive heat includes outdoor or indoor exposure to heat at levels that exceed the capacities of the body to maintain normal body functions and may cause heat-related injury, illness, or fatality.

In addition, the bill establishes requirements concerning (1) training and education to prevent and respond to heat illness, and (2) whistle-blower protections.

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Timeline

  1. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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  2. Introduced in Senate

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