Sec. 3. Voluntary registry of certain individuals who work at high risk during COVID–19 pandemic

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19 Beginning not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, acting through the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health shall maintain a registry of individuals who worked, during the emergency period, as a physician, nurse, or non-physician health care specialist in a hospital or COVID–19 alternative care site. The Director shall— include an individual in the registry under this section only with the individual’s consent; and allow individuals in the registry, at any time, to opt out of the registry under this section and health monitoring under subsection (d).

The Director may award grants to States to encourage and facilitate the inclusion of eligible individuals in the registry under this section. Beginning not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall monitor the health of the individuals in the registry under this section who, at some point during or after the emergency period, tested positive through diagnostic or serological testing for a present or past infection with the virus that causes COVID–19.

Subject to subsection (b)(2), in carrying out monitoring under paragraph (1), the Director shall, with respect to each individual in the registry under this section, conduct such monitoring for the lifetime of the individual. The data collection and analysis necessary for the registry under this section and monitoring under subsection

(d)shall be conducted and maintained in a manner that protects the confidentiality of individually identifiable health information consistent with applicable statutes and regulations, including, as applicable, HIPAA privacy and security law (as defined in section 3009(a)(2) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300jj–19(a)(2) ) and section 552a of title 5, United States Code. Subject to subsection (e), in addition to using the registry under this subsection for health monitoring under subsection (d), the Director shall make the information in the registry available to researchers for public health research. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit to Congress a preliminary report on overall health outcomes of individuals in the registry under subsection (a), including— recommendations on best practices for protecting workers described in subsection

(a)during the COVID–19 pandemic; and recommendations on how to compensate individuals in the registry under subsection

(a)for health care costs, which may include costs for acute and chronic conditions and mental health conditions, that develop as a result of contracting the virus that causes COVID–19. In this section: The term Director means the Director of the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health. The term emergency period has the meaning given to that term in section 1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1320b–5(g)(1)(B) ) The term State means each of the several States and the District of Columbia.

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42 USC 300jj–19(a)(2)
42 USC 1320b–5(g)(1)(B)

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Voluntary registry of certain individuals who work at high risk during COVID–19 pandemic

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