Environmental Health Workforce Act of 2019

United States116th CongressHR-2262House of Representatives
Updated: Apr 11, 2019

Summary

Environmental Health Workforce Act of 2019 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop model standards and guidelines for credentialing environmental-health workers. Additionally, HHS must develop a plan for the environmental-health workforce that includes performance measures and identifies (1) gaps between existing programs and future environmental-health workforce needs, (2) actions needed to address any identified gaps, and (3) any additional statutory authority necessary to implement such actions. The bill also specifies that environmental-health workers are eligible for public-service loan forgiveness.

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S-1137: Environmental Health Workforce Act of 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

  1. Introduced in House

  2. Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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  3. Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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