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HR 1317 110th Congress House

Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act

Official title: To establish a demonstration project to train unemployed workers for employment as health care professionals, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 12, 2007 See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Access to health careCommerceCommunity health servicesDislocated workers
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Economics and Public FinanceEducationEmployee trainingFederal aid to educationFederal aid to health facilitiesHealthHigher educationHomelessHousing and Community DevelopmentIndian educationIndian medical careLayoffsManufacturing industriesMedical educationMedical personnelMinoritiesOccupational retrainingParamedical personnelPlant shutdownsSocial WelfareUnemploymentUnemployment insurance
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It never became law before the 110th Congress (2007–2008) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 5, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
Mar 6, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 5, 2007
Introduced in House
Mar 5, 2007
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
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 Latest action June 5, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to require the Secretary of Labor to establish and carry out a health professions training demonstration project that awards grants to eligible entities to train certain unemployed workers from the manufacturing or service sector for employment as health care professionals in communities with manufacturing and service sector job loss and health care professional shortages.

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 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Mar 12, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1317: Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1317/
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"H.R. 1317: Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1317/.
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H.R. 1317, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1317/.
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