Environmental Health Workforce Act of 2019
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Apr 10, 2019)
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.
What just happenedApr 10, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in SenateApr 10, 2019
- Apr 10, 2019IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee - Apr 10, 2019IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate