Environmental Health Workforce Act of 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

1. 10 April 2019

   Introduced

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

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 10 April 2019

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 10 April 2019 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 10 April 2019

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 10 April 2019

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 10 April 2019

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Sponsors

• Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] · D · Sponsor
• · sshr00 · Standing

Related records

• related to ← Environmental Health Workforce Act of 2018