2020 House Bill 5772

Coronavirus epidemic response bills – employer mandates

Introduced in the House

May 19, 2020

Introduced by Rep. Tyrone Carter (D-6)

To require employers during a declared state or national epidemic emergency to pay an “essential” employee's normal hourly wage or base wage for leave taken because the individual contracted the disease or in quarantine. This would apply to medical care providers.

Referred to the Committee on Health Policy