1. Safeguarding essential health care workers Title III of the Public Health Service Act is amended by inserting after section 319D–1 ( 42 U.S.C. 247d–4b ) the following: 319D–2. Emergency grants to safeguard essential health care workers (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Emergency or disaster The term emergency or disaster means— (A) a major disaster declared by the President under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5170 ); (B) an emergency declared by the President under section 501 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5191 ); (C) a national emergency declared by the President under the National Emergencies Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq. ); (D) a public health emergency declared under section 319; and (E) a State or local emergency or disaster, as declared by the applicable State or local government. (2) Eligible health care worker The term eligible health care worker means an essential health care worker whose work cannot be conducted remotely. (3) Essential health care worker The term essential health care worker means— (A) a health care provider, including a direct care worker (as defined in section 799B); (B) a medical technologist; (C) a public health worker; (D) an orderly (as defined in the 2010 Standard Occupational Classifications of the Department of Labor under the code for Orderlies (31–1015)); (E) an environmental service, janitorial, or custodial worker in a health care setting