To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish emergency grants to safeguard essential health care workers, and for other purposes.
- Last Action
- 5/26/2023
Actions
- 2023-05-26Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2023-05-24Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- 2023-05-24Introduced in House
- 2023-05-24Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2023-05-24 (00)
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 hazardous pay for essential health care workers during declared emergencies or disasters.
Health care workers may receive up to $13 per hour (up to $25,000 per year) in hazardous pay. Grants may also be used to provide other safety and supportive services for health care workers, such as personal protective equipment.
Cosponsors (20)
- BARBARA LEE (D-CA)
- Ro Khanna (D-CA)
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)
- Jamaal Bowman (D-NY)
- Shontel Brown (D-OH)
- Brendan Boyle (D-PA)
- Cori Bush (D-MO)
- André Carson (D-IN)
- Troy Carter (D-LA)
- Greg Casar (D-TX)
- Jasmine Crockett (D-TX)
- JAMES CLYBURN (D-SC)
- Christopher Deluzio (D-PA)
- Valerie Foushee (D-NC)
- Maxwell Frost (D-FL)
- Robert Garcia (D-CA)
- Jonathan Jackson (D-IL)
- SHEILA JACKSON LEE (D-TX)
- Henry Johnson (D-GA)
- Jennifer McClellan (D-VA)
Subjects
- Health personnel
- Health programs administration and funding
- Wages and earnings
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