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HR 2262 116th Congress House

Environmental Health Workforce Act of 2019

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

Introduced: April 10, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Apr 11, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 10, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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 10, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 11, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Environmental Health Workforce Act of 2019

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop model standards and guidelines for credentialing environmental-health workers. Additionally, HHS must develop a plan for the environmental-health workforce that includes performance measures and identifies (1) gaps between existing programs and future environmental-health workforce needs, (2) actions needed to address any identified gaps, and (3) any additional statutory authority necessary to implement such actions.

The bill also specifies 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 21
All 21 Democratic 18
D
Harder, Josh
California · Oct 15, 2019
Butterfield, G. K.
· May 15, 2019
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · May 15, 2019
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · May 15, 2019
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · May 15, 2019
 D
Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · May 15, 2019
Fudge, Marcia
· May 15, 2019
 D
Green, Al
Texas · May 15, 2019
 D
Kelly, Robin L.
Illinois · May 15, 2019
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · May 15, 2019
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · May 15, 2019
 D
Pressley, Ayanna
Massachusetts · May 15, 2019
Richmond, Cedric
· May 15, 2019
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · May 15, 2019
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · May 15, 2019
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · May 15, 2019
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Apr 15, 2019
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Apr 15, 2019
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Apr 10, 2019
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Apr 10, 2019
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Apr 10, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2262: Environmental Health Workforce Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2262/
MLA
"H.R. 2262: Environmental Health Workforce Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2262/.
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H.R. 2262, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2262/.
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[H.R. 2262: Environmental Health Workforce Act of 2019](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2262/)
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