Health Force, Resilience Force, and Jobs To Fight COVID–19 Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-460
Sponsor: Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6]
Introduced: 2021-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Employee hiring
Employee leave
Employment and training programs
Federal-Indian relations
First responders and emergency personnel
Foreign labor
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Immigration status and procedures
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Minority employment
Minority health
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local government operations
Unemployment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-25
text: 

Health Force, Resilience Force, and Jobs to Fight COVID-19 Act of 2021

 
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 future public health needs.
 
The bill provides funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to establish a Health Force. The funds are designated as an emergency requirement, which exempts the funds from discretionary spending limits and other budget enforcement rules. To establish the force, the CDC must award grants within 30 days to state, tribal, territorial, and local governments and community health centers to recruit and train individuals for roles in public health and health care.
 
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) 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 response efforts related to COVID-19 or other disasters or emergencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-01-25
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: 2021-01-25
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: 2021-01-25
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: 2021-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-25
text: Introduced in House