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HR 1909 115th Congress House

Environmental Health Workforce Act of 2017

Official title: To prioritize educating and training for existing and new environmental health professionals.

Introduced: April 5, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Apr 7, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 5, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
Apr 5, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 7, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Environmental Health Workforce Act of 2017

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop model standards and guidelines for credentialing environmental health workers.

HHS must develop a comprehensive and coordinated plan for the environmental health workforce that includes performance measures and identifies: (1) any gaps between existing programs and future environmental health workforce needs, (2) actions needed to address any identified gaps, and (3) any additional statutory authority required by HHS to implement identified actions.

The Government Accountability Office must identify best practices related to training and credentialing environmental health professionals in six states, based on the examination of three states that have credentialing requirements for environmental health workers and three that do not.

The bill also amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to specify that environmental health workers are eligible for public service loan forgiveness.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 8
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Smith, Adam
Washington · May 23, 2017
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Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Apr 25, 2017
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Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Apr 25, 2017
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Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Apr 25, 2017
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Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Apr 5, 2017
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Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Apr 5, 2017
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Apr 5, 2017
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Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Apr 5, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1909: Environmental Health Workforce Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1909/
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"H.R. 1909: Environmental Health Workforce Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1909/.
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H.R. 1909, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1909/.
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