Provide frontline workers with hazard pay during disasters.

provide frontline workers with hazard pay during disasters

The proposed legislation includes measures to offer hazard compensation to frontline disaster workers.

Ahead of Earth Day, Senator Markey Introduces Package of Legislation to Protect and Mobilize All Ages Against Climate Change
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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.

Ed Markey NRDC Action Fund Endorses Ed Markey for Senate on Earth Day - Ed Markey
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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.

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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Ed Markey NRDC Action Fund Endorses Ed Markey for Senate on Earth Day - Ed Markey
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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.

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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S. 4357 (IS) - Hazard Pay for Health Care Heroes Act - GovInfo
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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.

Confirms the introduced bill matches the promise substance, but bill text alone does not show enactment or actual payments.

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Hazard Pay for Healthcare Heroes Act Bill Text
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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.

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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Public Law 117-2 - American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
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The Senate roll call for H.R. 1319 shows the American Rescue Plan passed 50-49, and Markey voted Yea.

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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U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 117th Congress, 1st Session, Vote 110
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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.

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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Treasury Issues Final Rule for State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Program to Support the Ongoing COVID Response
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