Health Care Workforce Protection Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4982
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2019-11-05
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Civil actions and liability

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Health personnel

Health technology, devices, supplies

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Worker safety and health
Latest action: action_date: 2019-11-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-11-05
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Health Care Workforce Protection Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill extends targeted liability protection to certain manufacturers, distributors, prescribers, and users of approved respiratory protective devices that are used under certain conditions during a declared public health emergency.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4982 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 5, 2019 Mr. Bacon (for himself, Mr. Langevin , and Mr. Tonko ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for treatment of certain respiratory protective devices as covered countermeasures for purposes of targeted liability protections for pandemic and epidemic products and security countermeasures, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Health Care Workforce Protection Act of 2019 . 2. Treatment of respiratory protective devices as covered countermeasures Section 319F–3(i)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6d(i)(1)) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking or at the end; (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (D) a respiratory protective device that is approved under part 84 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations). .