The Hazard Pay for Health Care Heroes Act: Provides hazard pay of up to $25,000 a year, personal protective equipment, and safer transportation for essential health care workers who care for patients through emergencies and disaster declaration
Markey introduced legislation to provide hazard pay and related protections for essential health care workers during emergencies and disasters.
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Markey's campaign page lists the Hazard Pay for Health Care Heroes Act as providing up to $25,000 yearly hazard pay, PPE, and safer transportation for essential health care workers during emergencies and disaster declarations.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Establishes the campaign-facing promise/action: hazard pay during emergencies and disasters, but limited in this cited proposal to essential health care workers.
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GovInfo lists S. 4357 as sponsored by Edward J. Markey, introduced April 21, 2026, and referred to the Senate HELP Committee as an introduced bill.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Shows Markey took concrete legislative action in the 119th Congress, but the bill had not advanced beyond introduction/referral as of the available record.
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The bill would authorize HHS grants for hazardous duty compensation to eligible essential health care workers during an emergency or disaster, capped at $13/hour and $25,000/year.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Confirms the introduced bill matches the promise substance, but bill text alone does not show enactment or actual payments.
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Public Law 117-2 allowed state, territorial, tribal, and local fiscal recovery funds to provide premium pay or employer grants for eligible essential workers during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Provides partial delivery: federal law made hazard/premium pay an eligible use for essential workers during the COVID emergency, but it was COVID-specific and routed through governments/employer grants, not a standing disaster hazard-pay guarantee.
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The Senate roll call for H.R. 1319 shows the American Rescue Plan passed 50-49, and Markey voted Yea.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Links Markey to the enacted COVID premium-pay authority in the American Rescue Plan, supporting partial fulfillment through a vote for the law.
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Treasury said the ARP State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program delivered $350 billion and the final rule streamlined premium pay options for essential workers in critical sectors.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Shows executive implementation of the ARP premium-pay authority, reinforcing partial delivery for COVID-era essential workers but not broader disaster hazard pay.
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Last Action Date Listed
July 27, 2026
Action
Mr. Markey (for himself, Ms. Warren, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Merkley, and Mr. Booker) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official GovInfo metadata shows Markey introduced S. 5134 in the 119th Congress and that the listed action is introduction/referral to HELP, not enactment or passage. No newer official action was found in the Aug. 23-Sep. 21 lookback.
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SEC. 503. SAFEGUARDING ESSENTIAL HEALTH CARE WORKERS.
The Public Health Service Act is amended by inserting after section
319D-1 (42 U.S.C. 247d-4b) the following:
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The bill text contains a dedicated section to safeguard essential health care workers, confirming the Green New Deal for Health Act includes the same hazard-pay policy area. Because the text is introduced bill language, it supports continued effort rather than delivery.
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the recipient of a grant
under paragraph (1) shall use the grant funds
to provide hazardous duty compensation to
eligible health care workers for work performed
during the period of an emergency or disaster
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The official bill text specifically provides for hazardous-duty compensation during an emergency or disaster, matching the substance of the commitment for health care/frontline workers, but only as proposed legislation.
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Directs federal dollars toward climate and health education, builds a robust community health workforce, prioritizes grants to facilities that collectively bargain with their workers, and provides hazard pay to workers who respond after a crisis.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Markey’s official Senate release describes the reintroduced Green New Deal for Health as including hazard pay for workers responding after a crisis. This is additional concrete effort, not evidence that payments have been delivered.