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119-hr-8484119th CongressWALLET

Hazard Pay for Health Care Heroes Act

Sponsored By: Representative Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12]

Introduced

Summary

This bill would create a grant program to provide hazardous duty compensation for essential health care workers during declared emergencies and disasters.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Hazard pay for health care workers

If enacted, the bill would create grants for hazard pay and workplace safety at health facilities and home health agencies during declared emergencies. Grants would go to public or private nonprofit facilities and home health agencies. Recipients would use funds to pay eligible on-site health care workers up to $13 per hour extra, on top of regular wages, with a $25,000 per-worker annual limit. Funds could also pay for safety measures like alternative transit, PPE, and other protections. The bill would define eligible workers as essential health care workers who cannot work remotely and list the types of emergencies that qualify.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12]

PA • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 4/23/2026

  • Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]

    DC • D

    Sponsored 4/23/2026

  • Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 4/23/2026

  • Rep. Frost, Maxwell [D-FL-10]

    FL • D

    Sponsored 4/23/2026

  • Rep. Garcia, Robert [D-CA-42]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 4/23/2026

  • Rep. McClellan, Jennifer L. [D-VA-4]

    VA • D

    Sponsored 4/23/2026

  • Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2]

    HI • D

    Sponsored 4/23/2026

  • Rep. Crockett, Jasmine [D-TX-30]

    TX • D

    Sponsored 4/23/2026

  • Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]

    MI • D

    Sponsored 4/23/2026

  • Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7]

    IN • D

    Sponsored 4/23/2026

  • Rep. Simon, Lateefah [D-CA-12]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 4/23/2026

  • Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10]

    WA • D

    Sponsored 4/23/2026

  • Rep. Jackson, Jonathan L. [D-IL-1]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 4/23/2026

  • Rep. Casar, Greg [D-TX-35]

    TX • D

    Sponsored 4/23/2026

  • Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 4/23/2026

  • Rep. Foushee, Valerie P. [D-NC-4]

    NC • D

    Sponsored 4/23/2026

  • Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]

    AL • D

    Sponsored 4/23/2026

  • Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 4/23/2026

  • Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]

    WA • D

    Sponsored 4/27/2026

  • Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 5/7/2026

  • Rep. Balint, Becca [D-VT-At Large]

    VT • D

    Sponsored 5/11/2026

  • Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2]

    LA • D

    Sponsored 7/22/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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