H.R. 6509 · 116th Congress
Public Safety Officer Pandemic Response Act of 2020
- Stage
- Passed a chamber
- Sponsor
- Jerrold Nadler
- Introduced
- 2020-04-14
- Latest action
- 2020-06-01 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Summary
Public Safety Officer Pandemic Response Act of 2020
This bill creates a presumption that certain public safety officers who contract COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) and were on duty during the 45-day period prior to the diagnosis or positive test result are eligible for certain benefits payable when public safety officers are injured or killed in the line of duty.