3.0.0 2526 2023-01-11T13:15:23Z 2023-01-11T13:15:23Z Senate S S 2007-12-19 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-12-19T21:41:56Z 2007-12-19 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2007-12-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ N D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2007-12-19 True K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2007-12-19 True Health Administrative procedure Antibiotics Communicable diseases Crime and Law Enforcement Department of Health and Human Services Department of Labor Drug resistance in microorganisms Emergency Management Emergency medicine Employee training Fire fighters Government Operations and Politics Health surveys Influenza Labor and Employment Law Medical personnel Occupational health and safety Police Rescue work Standards Vaccines Health 00 2007-12-19 Introduced in Senate 2008-03-21T18:01:32Z Worker Infection Protection Act - Directs the Secretaries of Labor and of Health and Human Services (HHS) to jointly develop and issue workplace standards, recommendations, and plans to protect health care workers and first responders and other workers at risk of workplace exposure to infectious agents and drug resistant infections, such as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and pandemic influenza.

Directs the Secretary of Labor to develop and issue an emergency temporary standard and, not later than six months after such issuance, a permanent standard for the protection of workers at risk of exposure, to prevent occupational exposure to infectious agents and toxins, such as MRSA and pandemic influenza. Sets forth minimum requirements for such standards concerning: (1) influenza exposure; (2) personal protective equipment; (3) training and information; (4) medical surveillance for exposed workers; and (5) immunization against the pandemic influenza virus, if such a vaccine has been approved and is available.

Requires the HHS Secretary to revise the provisions of the HHS pandemic influenza plan to conform with the minimum worker protection requirements described in this Act and with the permanent occupational safety and health exposure standard issued by the Secretary of Labor under this Act.

]]> Worker Infection Protection Act Display Title Worker Infection Protection Act Short Titles as Introduced Worker Infection Protection Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to protect health care workers and first responders, including police, fire-fighters, emergency medical personnel, and other workers at risk of workplace exposure to infectious agents and drug resistant infections, such as MRSA and pandemic influenza. Introduced in Senate 2007-12-19T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2526is/xml/BILLS-110s2526is.xml 2007-12-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.