Coronavirus Relief for States Act [HB-6592]
Provides $500 billion to states and tribal governments affected by the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic for FY2020. Such funds shall be paid to each state and tribal government within 30 days of this bill's enactment. The amount of the payment is proportional to population. A state or tribal government shall use the funds provided to cover those costs of such government that are necessary expenditures incurred due to the public health emergency, replace revenue lost as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, or contribute to the economic
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HB-6592: Coronavirus Relief for States Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 04/21/2020
Equitable Data Collection and Disclosure on COVID–19 Act [HB-6585]
Establishes the Commission on Ensuring Health Equity During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency and adds reporting requirements for certain demographic data related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Among other activities, the commission must (1) determine approaches to using data to reduce demographic disparities in COVID-19 prevalence and outcomes, and (2) submit findings and recommendations to Congress on a specified timeline until the end of the public health emergency. During the public health emergency, the Centers for Disease
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HB-6585: Equitable Data Collection and Disclosure on COVID–19 Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee For Indigenous Peoples Of The United States. on 04/27/2020
Immediate COVID Testing Procurement Act. [HB-6609]
Requires the President, within 24 hours of this bill's enactment, to issue purchase orders for a program of the highest national urgency (commonly known as a DX purchase order) to procure under the Defense Production Act of 1950 (DPA) supplies to conduct COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) medical testing nationwide. The supplies must have received prior approval from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or have received emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration for the detection of COVID-19. The bill waives
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HB-6609: Immediate COVID Testing Procurement Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 04/23/2020
Emergency Cannabis Small Business Health and Safety Act [HB-6602]
Makes a cannabis-related legitimate business or service provider eligible for specified Small Business Administration (SBA) programs established in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), and it exempts the SBA from liability under federal laws or regulations solely for providing a loan or guarantee to such a business or service provider.
HB-6602: Emergency Cannabis Small Business Health and Safety Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Introduced In House on 04/23/2020
Help Our Heroes Access Medicine Act of 2020 [HB-6573]
Allows the Department of Defense to waive cost-sharing requirements under the TRICARE pharmacy benefits program during a declared national or public health emergency.
HB-6573: Help Our Heroes Access Medicine Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Introduced In House on 04/21/2020
ACCESS Act Advancing Connectivity during the Coronavirus to Ensure Support for Seniors Act [HB-6487]
(1) provides appropriations for the Telehealth Resource Center Program of the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth within the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy in the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) to develop telehealth capacity for certain nursing facilities, and (2) directs other activities to increase access to telehealth services in such facilities during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. HRSA shall award grants, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission, to skilled
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HB-6487: ACCESS Act Advancing Connectivity during the Coronavirus to Ensure Support for Seniors Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/14/2020
Rural Health Relief Act [HB-6569]
Expands the Paycheck Protection Program, established to support small businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), to encompass public hospitals that are owned or operated by a state or local government.
HB-6569: Rural Health Relief Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Johnson
Introduced In House on 04/21/2020
Food for Working Families Act of 2020 [HB-6582]
Revises the requirements for calculating income under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) to exclude from income and resources emergency federal pandemic unemployment compensation paid to an individual under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act due to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
HB-6582: Food for Working Families Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. James McGovern
Referred To The Subcommittee On Nutrition, Oversight, And Department Operations. on 08/13/2020
COVID–19 Every Worker Protection Act of 2020 [HB-6559]
Requires the Department of Labor to promulgate both an emergency temporary occupational safety or health standard and a permanent standard to protect certain employees from occupational exposure to the coronavirus (i.e., the virus that causes COVID-19). These standards apply to health care sector employees, paramedic and emergency medical services employees, and other employees identified as having an elevated risk for exposure. Further, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must collect and make public information regarding employee exposure
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HB-6559: COVID–19 Every Worker Protection Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 04/21/2020