Hazard Pay for Health Care Heroes Act
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became Law
Overview
This bill, the Hazard Pay for Health Care Heroes Act, aims to provide financial support to essential health care workers during emergencies and disasters. It establishes a grant program that allows public and private health care facilities and home health agencies to offer hazardous duty compensation to eligible workers, such as nurses, medical technicians, and support staff. The compensation is capped at $13 per hour, with a maximum annual payment of $25,000, and funds can also be used for safety measures like personal protective equipment and alternative transportation.
Key provisions
- Establishes a grant program for health care facilities and home health agencies.
- Defines ‘emergency or disaster’ broadly, including presidential declarations and state/local emergencies.
- Identifies ‘eligible health care worker’ as those whose work cannot be performed remotely.
- Specifies eligible health care worker roles, including providers, technicians, public health workers, orderlies, and environmental service workers.
- Allows for hazardous duty compensation of up to $13 per hour.
- Sets a maximum annual hazardous duty compensation payment of $25,000.
- Permits grant funds to be used for safety measures like PPE and alternative transit.
- Authorizes appropriations to fund the grant program.
Who is affected
- Health care facilities
- Home health agencies
- Essential health care workers (nurses, technicians, support staff, etc.)
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