3.0.0 3601 2023-01-11T13:42:45Z 2023-01-11T13:42:45Z Senate S 2020-05-05 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-05-05T19:09:33Z 2020-05-05 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2020-05-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001197 Sen. Sasse, Ben [R-NE] Ben Sasse R NE N Health Cardiovascular and respiratory health Disability and health-based discrimination Emergency medical services and trauma care Health technology, devices, supplies Infectious and parasitic diseases Military procurement, research, weapons development Public contracts and procurement State and local government operations Strategic materials and reserves Health 00 2020-05-05 Introduced in Senate 2020-05-18T14:09:33Z Ending Qualifications that are Unjust for Access to Lifesaving Care Act or the EQUAL Care Act

This bill prohibits a state from receiving resources or supplies from specified sources, including the Strategic National Stockpile, during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency if the state has a policy for the distribution or use of such resources or supplies that discriminates on the basis of disability.

]]> EQUAL Care Act Display Title EQUAL Care Act Short Title(s) as Introduced EQUAL Care Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Ending Qualifications that are Unjust for Access to Lifesaving Care Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to prevent States from using or distributing resources during the COVID-19 national emergency in accordance with a State policy that discriminates on the basis of disability, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3601is/xml/BILLS-116s3601is.xml 2020-05-05 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.