3.0.0 3910 2023-01-11T13:46:17Z 2023-01-11T13:46:17Z Senate S 2020-06-08 116 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-06-08T21:32:52Z 2020-06-08 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2020-06-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001183 Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] Joseph Manchin D WV N U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2020-06-08 True B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2020-06-30 False W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2020-06-30 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2020-06-30 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2020-06-30 False C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV 2020-07-01 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2020-08-04 False Government Operations and Politics Administrative remedies Cardiovascular and respiratory health Emergency medical services and trauma care Fires First responders and emergency personnel Forests, forestry, trees Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Health care costs and insurance Infectious and parasitic diseases Medical research Medical tests and diagnostic methods Worker safety and health Government Operations and Politics 00 2020-06-08 Introduced in Senate 2020-07-10T13:30:45Z COVID-19 as a Presumptive Disease in Wildland Firefighters Act

This bill entitles federal wildland firefighters who contract COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) to federal workers' compensation benefits and also establishes certain testing and screening requirements for such firefighters during the wildfire season (May 15-November 15, 2020).

Specifically, the bill provides that if a federal wildland firefighter exhibits specified symptoms, tests positive, or is otherwise determined by a physician as likely having COVID-19 during the wildfire season or during a specific wildfire (or in the following 28 days), the firefighter is presumed to have incurred an injury while on duty that qualifies for workers' compensation benefits.

Additionally, the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture must ensure that all of their firefighters are tested for COVID-19 or related symptoms, or self-quarantine for at least 14 days with no symptoms, before the wildfire season or before responding to a wildfire.

]]> COVID–19 as a Presumptive Disease in Wildland Firefighters Act Display Title COVID–19 as a Presumptive Disease in Wildland Firefighters Act Short Title(s) as Introduced COVID–19 as a Presumptive Disease in Wildland Firefighters Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish a presumption that certain firefighters who are Federal employees and have COVID-19 contracted that disease while in the performance of their official duties, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3910is/xml/BILLS-116s3910is.xml 2020-06-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 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.