Hazard Pay for Health Care Heroes Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Hazard Pay for Health Care Heroes Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Labor, Environment.
Who Benefits and How
health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section HEA969215058741F49AF1E2457BB84EBA: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Hazard Pay for Health Care Heroes Act.
- Section H4202B8AE7CC242BF8D5E45617EF9F815: 2. Safeguarding essential health care workers The Public Health Service Act is amended by inserting after section 319D–1 (42 U.S.C. 247d–4b) the following:...
- Section HD6AC8889904040C594720A62B04402BA: 319D–2. Emergency grants to safeguard essential health care workers In this section: The term emergency or disaster means— a major disaster declared by the...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Hazard Pay for Health Care Heroes Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Labor, Environment
Primary Purpose
This bill, Hazard Pay for Health Care Heroes Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- health care providers and patients
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- health care providers and patients
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania (for herself, Mr. Khanna, Ms. Norton, …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → The Secretary identified in the operative section
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
an essential health care worker whose work cannot be conducted remotely. The term essential health care worker means— a health care provider, including a direct care worker (as defined in section 799B)
an essential health care worker whose work cannot be conducted remotely. The term essential health care worker means— a health care provider, including a direct care worker (as defined in section 799B)
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