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HR 1532 116th Congress House

Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr., Social Work Reinvestment Act

Official title: To establish the Social Work Reinvestment Commission to provide independent counsel to Congress and the Secretary of Health and Human Services on policy issues… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To establish the Social Work Reinvestment Commission to provide independent counsel to Congress and the Secretary of Health and Human Services on policy issues related to recruitment, retention, research, and reinvestment in the profession of social work, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 5, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Mar 5, 2019
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 Latest action March 5, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young Jr., Social Work Reinvestment Act

This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to (1) establish the Social Work Reinvestment Commission to advise on social work policy issues, (2) award specified grants to support social work activities, and (3) develop public service announcements to promote the social work profession.

HHS shall award grants to (1) certain entities that employ social workers to carry out workplace improvement programs to address concerns related to the social work profession; (2) institutions of higher education to support social work students and faculty; (3) eligible state or local government entities or nonprofits to test and replicate effective social work interventions; and (4) postdoctoral researchers in social work.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 9
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Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · Sep 23, 2020
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Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Mar 5, 2019
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Brownley, Julia
California · Mar 5, 2019
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Mar 5, 2019
 D
Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · Mar 5, 2019
 D
Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Mar 5, 2019
LEWIS, JOHN
· Mar 5, 2019
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 5, 2019
 D
Plaskett, Stacey E.
Virgin Islands · Mar 5, 2019
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Mar 5, 2019
Yarmuth, John
· Mar 5, 2019
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