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S 1173 111th Congress Senate Health Education programs funding Employment and training programs Health personnel Health programs administration and funding

Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act

Introduced: June 3, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Jun 3, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6034-6035)
Jun 3, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6033-6034)
Jun 3, 2009
Introduced in Senate
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 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 matching grants to eligible entities to train certain unemployed workers for employment as health care professionals in communities: (1) with a significant percentage decline in rates of employment and a health care professional shortage; or (2) that are underserved by the health care structure.

What's happening now June 3, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6034-6035)

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3234 Identical bill Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Feb 22, 2010
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Bennet, Michael F.
Colorado · Feb 4, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1173: Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1173/
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"S. 1173: Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1173/.
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