S4357-119

In Committee

Hazard Pay for Health Care Heroes Act

119th Congress Introduced Apr 21, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

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 S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Hazard Pay for Health Care Heroes Act.
  • Section id3CB60F11E1AB42F4BDF536679405AC57: 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 idf0a97eca6b5943d790160d16ae8b89f0: 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:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

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

Healthcare Labor Environment

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • health care providers and patients
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health care providers and patients: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • health care providers and patients
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health care providers and patients: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 21, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, …

Apr 21, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Apr 21, 2026

Mr. Markey introduced the following bill; which was read twice …

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?

Domains
Healthcare Labor Environment
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

2 terms
"eligible health care worker" §id3CB60F11E1AB42F4BDF536679405AC57

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)

"eligible health care worker" §idf0a97eca6b5943d790160d16ae8b89f0

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)

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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