1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Nurse Workforce Protection Act of 2020 . 2. Prohibition on health care providers that receive funding through the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund from reducing employment or compensation for certain nurses employed by the provider (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with respect to funding disbursed from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund on or after the date of the enactment of this Act and before the end of the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1320b–5(g)(1)(B) ), if such disbursement is made from funds made available for provider relief under the CARES Act ( Public Law 116–136 ) or the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act ( Public Law 116–139 ), a health care provider shall be eligible to receive such a disbursement only if such provider agrees, with respect to the period beginning on the date such disbursement (or, in the case of a specified provider (as defined in subsection (b)), beginning on the date that is 30 days after the date of such disbursement) and ending 2 months after such disbursement (or, in the case of a specified provider, ending 2 months after the date that is 30 days after such disbursement)— (1) not to require any nurse (defined in subsection (d)) to take paid or unpaid leave; and (2) to maintain— (A) the employment of a number of nurses that is equal to or greater than 75 percent of the number of such nurses that were employed by such provider as of January 31, 2020; (B) an average salary for such nurses that is at least 75 percent of the average salary payable by such provider for such nurses as of January 31, 2020