3.0.0 4261 2023-01-11T13:45:37Z 2023-01-11T13:45:37Z Senate S 2020-07-22 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-07-22T16:18:40Z 2020-07-22 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2020-07-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000612 Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] David Perdue R GA Alfred N Education Cardiovascular and respiratory health Child health Education programs funding Educational facilities and institutions Elementary and secondary education Emergency medical services and trauma care Government information and archives Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health information and medical records Health personnel Health promotion and preventive care Health technology, devices, supplies Infectious and parasitic diseases Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Medicaid Medical tests and diagnostic methods Teaching, teachers, curricula Telephone and wireless communication Education 00 2020-07-22 Introduced in Senate 2020-08-12T17:34:28Z Safely Creating Healthy Opening Options Locally Act or the SCHOOL Act

This bill establishes a grant program and other resources to assist local educational agencies (LEAs) with reopening schools after closures related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).

Specifically, the Department of Education (ED) must partner with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to LEAs for certain activities to reopen schools. These activities include (1) purchasing personal protective equipment; (2) cleaning and disinfecting schools; (3) purchasing the supplies necessary to carry out their reopening plans; and (4) complying with the guidelines, recommendations, and other public health communications issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other entities to mitigate the hazards of COVID-19.

Additionally, ED and HHS must (1) develop a process to connect health care professionals with schools to assist them with symptom checks and additional supports, and (2) develop recommendations to expand telehealth services to students and teachers in areas with a shortage of health care professionals.

Further, HHS must issue guidance to clarify that private health insurance must cover COVID-19 testing, without imposing cost-sharing, through telehealth services in school-based settings. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must issue a letter to advise states on providing coverage for telehealth services in school-based settings under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program.

Finally, ED must develop an online clearinghouse to collect and maintain evidence-based information, including best practices, related to reopening schools after closures due to COVID-19.

]]> SCHOOL Act Display Title SCHOOL Act Short Title(s) as Introduced SCHOOL Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Safely Creating Healthy Opening Options Locally Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish a grant program to assist elementary and secondary schools with reopening after closures related to COVID-19, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4261is/xml/BILLS-116s4261is.xml 2020-07-22 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.