Hazard Pay for Health Care Heroes Act

This bill would let the federal Secretary of Health and Human Services give grants to public or private nonprofit health care facilities and home health agencies. Grant recipients would have to use the money to pay extra hazard pay to health care workers who cannot work remotely, for work done during a declared emergency or disaster when the Secretary finds the work or the commute is hazardous. Hazard pay could be up to $13 per hour on top of regular wages, with a limit of $25,000 per worker per year. Recipients could also use the money for safety measures such as protective equipment and alternative transit. The bill authorizes whatever funding is necessary to carry out the program.

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Sponsors

• Edward J. Markey Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors