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Health Care Workforce Protection Act of 2020
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S. 3372 (Introduced-in-Senate)


116th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3372


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.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

March 2, 2020

Mrs. Fischer (for herself, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Sasse, and Mr. Rounds) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Health Care Workforce Protection Act of 2020”.

SEC. 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).”.