S 1137 · 116th Congress · Health

Environmental Health Workforce Act of 2019

Introduced 2019-04-10· Sponsored by Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]· Senate

Bill Progress

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House
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Enacted
Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.(2019-04-10)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] 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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