Health Force and Resilience Force Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6808
Sponsor: Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6]
Introduced: 2020-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Congressional oversight
Consumer credit
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Homeland Security
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Federal-Indian relations
Food assistance and relief
Foreign labor
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Immigration status and procedures
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
Medical education
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Minority health
National and community service
Natural disasters
Nursing
Nutrition and diet
Peace Corps
Performance measurement
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Unemployment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: 

Health Force and Resilience Force Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes and expands programs to bring on individuals to perform public health functions, such as contact tracing and vaccine administration, to respond to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency and meet other public health needs after that emergency ends. 
 
The bill provides funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to establish a Health Force to recruit and train individuals for roles in public health and health care. The funds are designated as an emergency requirement, which exempts the funds from discretionary spending limits and other budget enforcement rules. Among other activities, the CDC must award grants to, or enter into contracts with, states and other jurisdictions to hire and deploy Health Force personnel. 
 
The Federal Emergency Management Agency must hire and train additional individuals for its Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employees. These employees may be detailed to certain federal agencies or to state, local, or tribal governments to support efforts with respect to COVID-19 and other disasters and emergencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Introduced in House