1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Health Care Workforce Protection Act of 2019”.
Health Care Workforce Protection Act of 2019
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for treatment of certain respiratory protective devices as covered countermeasures for purposes of targeted liability protections for pandemic and epidemic products and security countermeasures, and for other purposes.
2. Treatment of respiratory protective devices as covered countermeasures
Section 319F–3(i)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6d(i)(1)) is amended—
in subparagraph (B), by striking “or” at the end;
in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; or”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(D) a respiratory protective device that is approved under part 84 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).”