HR 3637
116th Congress
House
Health
Allied health services
Health programs administration and funding
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Higher education
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medical education
Minority education
Allied Health Workforce Diversity Act of 2019
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 10, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 9, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jul 9, 2019
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
Allied Health Workforce Diversity Act of 2019
This bill allows the Department of Health and Human Services to provide grants to accredited education programs to increase diversity in the physical-therapy, occupational-therapy, audiology, and speech-language pathology professions. Grants may be used to provide scholarships or to support recruitment and retention of students from underrepresented groups.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Related & companion bills
2
Bill text
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Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
37
D
Pingree, Chellie
Vela, Filemon
D
Tonko, Paul
D
Craig, Angie
Levin, Andy
D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
D
Matsui, Doris O.
D
Krishnamoorthi, Raja
D
DeSaulnier, Mark
Richmond, Cedric
D
Harder, Josh
D
Wilson, Frederica S.
D
Beatty, Joyce
D
Cleaver, Emanuel
D
Hayes, Jahana
D
Clarke, Yvette D.
R
Van Drew, Jefferson
D
Cuellar, Henry
D
Dean, Madeleine
D
Thompson, Bennie G.
D
Bonamici, Suzanne
D
Lofgren, Zoe
D
Evans, Dwight
D
Lieu, Ted
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
D
Pappas, Chris
Lipinski, Daniel
D
McGovern, James P.
D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Butterfield, G. K.
D
Carson, André
D
Cohen, Steve
D
Kelly, Robin L.
D
Sewell, Terri A.
R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
D
Blunt Rochester, Lisa
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3637: Allied Health Workforce Diversity Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3637/
"H.R. 3637: Allied Health Workforce Diversity Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3637/.
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