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Main Subject: Health

Environmental Health Workforce Act of 2023

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to carry out certain activities related to the environmental-health workforce. It also requires the Government Accountability Office to report on state-based practices for training and credentialing environmental-health workers.

Specifically, HHS must develop model standards and guidelines for credentialing environmental-health workers and a plan to ensure its programs and activities meet the future needs of the environmental-health workforce.

The bill also specifies that environmental-health workers are eligible for public-service loan forgiveness.

House committee actions Actions

Committee
Oct. 25 2023	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

House floor actions Actions

IntroReferral

Oct. 25
2023

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.
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.

Library of Congress Actions

IntroReferral
Oct. 06 2023	Introduced in House Introduced in House

House bill HR5910-118

Environmental Health Workforce Act of 2023

House bill HR5910-118

Environmental Health Workforce Act of 2023

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