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Hazard Pay for Health Care Heroes Act

USA118th CongressS-1767| Senate 
| Updated: 5/31/2023
Edward J. Markey

Edward J. Markey

Democratic Senator

Massachusetts

Cosponsors (1)
Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Hazard Pay for Health Care Heroes Act This bill authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to public or private nonprofit health care facilities and home health agencies for providing hazard pay to essential health care workers during a declared emergency or disaster in which the work or commute is hazardous. Recipients may also use funds for safety measures to protect health care workers from hazards (e.g., alternative transit options and personal protective equipment). Essential health care workers include health care providers, public health workers, janitorial staff in health care settings, and other roles essential to the care of patients or maintenance of public health that cannot be conducted remotely.
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Timeline
May 31, 2023
Introduced in Senate
May 31, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • May 31, 2023
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 31, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Health

Related Bills

  • HR 118-2764: Green New Deal for Health Act
  • HR 118-3645: To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish emergency grants to safeguard essential health care workers, and for other purposes.
  • S 118-1229: Green New Deal for Health Act
Health personnelHealth programs administration and fundingWages and earnings

Hazard Pay for Health Care Heroes Act

USA118th CongressS-1767| Senate 
| Updated: 5/31/2023
Hazard Pay for Health Care Heroes Act This bill authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to public or private nonprofit health care facilities and home health agencies for providing hazard pay to essential health care workers during a declared emergency or disaster in which the work or commute is hazardous. Recipients may also use funds for safety measures to protect health care workers from hazards (e.g., alternative transit options and personal protective equipment). Essential health care workers include health care providers, public health workers, janitorial staff in health care settings, and other roles essential to the care of patients or maintenance of public health that cannot be conducted remotely.
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Timeline
May 31, 2023
Introduced in Senate
May 31, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • May 31, 2023
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 31, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Edward J. Markey

Edward J. Markey

Democratic Senator

Massachusetts

Cosponsors (1)
Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

Health

Related Bills

  • HR 118-2764: Green New Deal for Health Act
  • HR 118-3645: To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish emergency grants to safeguard essential health care workers, and for other purposes.
  • S 118-1229: Green New Deal for Health Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Health personnelHealth programs administration and fundingWages and earnings