US Congress House Bill 1909 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: Introduced on April 5 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-04-07 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Environmental Health Workforce Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop model standards and guidelines for credentialing environmental health workers. HHS must develop a comprehensive and coordinated plan for the environmental health workforce that includes performance measures and identifies: (1) any gaps between existing programs and future environmental health workforce needs, (2) actions needed to address any identified gaps, and (3) any additional statutory authority required by HHS to implement identified actions. The Government Accountability Office must identify best practices related to training and credentialing environmental health professionals in six states, based on the examination of three states that have credentialing requirements for environmental health workers and three that do not. The bill also amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to specify that environmental health workers are eligible for public service loan forgiveness.

Environmental Health Workforce Act of 2017

Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]
Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-04-07	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2017-04-05	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
2017-04-05	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
2017-04-05	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
2017-04-05	House	Introduced in House

SB2616 (Related) 2018-03-22 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1909/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1909/BILLS-115hr1909ih.pdf