Environmental Health Workforce Act of 2019

United States116th CongressS-1137Senate
Updated: Apr 10, 2019

Summary

Environmental Health Workforce Act of 2019 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish guidelines for credentialing environmental health workers and to create a plan to develop the environmental health workforce. Environmental health workers investigate, assess, and control hazardous environmental agents. HHS also must, within two years, conduct a study on the environmental health workforce and natural disaster preparedness.

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Timeline

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HR-2262: Environmental Health Workforce Act of 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

  1. Introduced in Senate

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

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