3.0.0 1882 2023-01-11T20:41:09Z 2023-01-11T20:41:09Z Senate S S 2007-07-26 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-07-26T17:34:20Z Public Health Preparedness Workforce Development Act of 2008 110 5496 HR 2008-02-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2007-07-26 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2007-07-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001028 Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE] CHUCK HAGEL R NE N D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2007-07-26 True B000444 Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] JOSEPH BIDEN D DE ROBINETTE 2007-07-26 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2007-07-26 True L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2007-10-19 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2008-04-24 False Health Access to health care Directories Economics and Public Finance Education Electronic government information Federal aid to Indians Federal aid to health facilities Federal employees Government Operations and Politics Government publications Government publicity Higher education Indian medical care Internet Job vacancies Medical education Minorities Office of Personnel Management Public health personnel Recruiting of employees Scholarships Science, Technology, Communications Student loan funds Web sites Health 00 2007-07-26 Introduced in Senate 2007-10-24T19:47:53Z Public Health Preparedness Workforce Development Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish the Public Health Workforce Scholarship Program to assure an adequate supply of public health professionals to eliminate critical public health preparedness workforce shortages in federal, state, local, and tribal public health agencies by offering four-year scholarships in return for employment at such agencies.

Requires the Secretary to establish the Public Health Workforce Loan Repayment Program to provide for the repayment of loans incurred by individuals in the pursuit of the relevant public health preparedness workforce educational degree or certificate in exchange for working at such agencies for at least three years.

Requires the Secretary to award grants to public health agencies that receive public health preparedness cooperative agreements from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to operate state, local, and tribal public health workforce loan repayment programs.

Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to, or enter into contracts with, any eligible entity to award scholarships to eligible individuals to enroll in degree or professional training programs for the purpose of enabling mid-career professionals in the public health workforce to receive additional training in the field of public health preparedness or biodefense.

Requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), in cooperation with the Secretary, to ensure that included in the OPM website there is an online catalogue, or a link to an online catalogue, of public health workforce employment opportunities in the federal government.

]]> Public Health Preparedness Workforce Development Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish various programs for the recruitment and retention of public health workers and to eliminate critical public health workforce shortages in Federal, State, local, and tribal public health agencies. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Public Health Preparedness Workforce Development Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Public Health Preparedness Workforce Development Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-07-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1882is/xml/BILLS-110s1882is.xml 2007-07-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.