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Public Health Preparedness Workforce Development Act of 2005

Introduced: March 3, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Mar 3, 2005
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Public Health Preparedness Workforce Development Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish the Public Health Workforce Scholarship Program to assure an adequate supply of public health professionals to eliminate critical public health preparedness workforce shortages in Federal, State, local, and tribal public health agencies by offering four-year scholarships in return for employment at such agencies.

Requires the Secretary to establish the Public Health Workforce Loan Repayment Program to provide for the repayment of loans incurred by individuals in the pursuit of the relevant public health preparedness workforce educational degree or certificate in exchange for working at such agencies for at least three years.

Requires the Secretary to award grants to public health agencies that receive public health preparedness cooperative agreements from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to operate State, local, and tribal public health workforce loan repayment programs.

Requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), in cooperation with the Secretary, to ensure that there is an online catalogue within the OPM website of public health workforce employment opportunities within the Federal Government.

What's happening now March 3, 2005

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

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All 3 Democratic 3
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Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Mar 3, 2005
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Mar 3, 2005
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Murray, Patty
Washington · Mar 3, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 504: Public Health Preparedness Workforce Development Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-504/
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"S. 504: Public Health Preparedness Workforce Development Act of 2005." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-504/.
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