HB 2388 Summary

• Requires health care employers with more than 6 employees to pay 5% hazard pay premium above base pay to health care workers performing COVID-19 essential functions, with annual 5% increases to base pay for three years after enactment, excluding workers earning $125,000 or more annually.

• Mandates health care employers provide new, unexpired personal protective equipment to all health care workers at no cost and notify all on-site employees of potential COVID-19 exposures.

• Requires health care employers to provide at least 3 weeks of paid sick leave at regular pay rates to health care workers unable to work due to COVID-19 diagnosis, illness, recovery, or quarantine.

• Directs the state to arrange access to no-cost or low-cost hotel rooms near medical facilities for health care workers with direct COVID-19 contact, suspected contact, or positive test results not requiring hospitalization.

• Prohibits retaliatory action against health care workers who refuse unsafe work or report violations of health and safety laws to supervisors, public bodies, or media outlets.