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S 1882 110th Congress Senate

Public Health Preparedness Workforce Development Act of 2007

Official title: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish various programs for the recruitment and retention of public health workers and to eliminate critica… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish various programs for the recruitment and retention of public health workers and to eliminate critical public health workforce shortages in Federal, State, local, and tribal public health agencies.

Introduced: July 26, 2007 See on congress.gov
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Jul 26, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jul 26, 2007
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Public Health Preparedness Workforce Development Act of 2007 - 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.

Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to, or enter into contracts with, any eligible entity to award scholarships to eligible individuals to enroll in degree or professional training programs for the purpose of enabling mid-career professionals in the public health workforce to receive additional training in the field of public health preparedness or biodefense.

Requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), in cooperation with the Secretary, to ensure that included in the OPM website there is an online catalogue, or a link to an online catalogue, of public health workforce employment opportunities in the federal government.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5496 Related bill Public Health Preparedness Workforce Development Act of 2008
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Jul 26, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1882: Public Health Preparedness Workforce Development Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-1882/
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