3.0.0 2810 2023-01-11T13:18:51Z 2023-01-11T13:18:51Z House H HR 2009-06-10 111 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2009-06-11T19:14:56Z Referred to 2009-06-10T14:01:45Z Public Health Workforce Development Act of 2009 111 2620 HR 2009-06-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Public Health Workforce Development Act of 2009 111 1143 S 2009-05-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5850-5852) Related bill CRS 2009-06-11 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2009-06-10 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2009-06-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-06-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001163 Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-5] Doris Matsui D CA O. 5 N S001145 Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] JANICE SCHAKOWSKY D IL D. 9 2009-06-23 False K000369 Rep. Kissell, Larry [D-NC-8] Larry Kissell D NC 8 2009-07-07 False S001169 Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7] Joe Sestak D PA 7 2009-09-14 False Health Academic performance and assessments Administrative remedies Department of Health and Human Services Education programs funding Government information and archives Health care coverage and access Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Licensing and registrations Medical education Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Student aid and college costs Teaching, teachers, curricula Health 00 2009-06-10 Introduced in House 2009-08-28T20:15:42Z Public Health Workforce Investment Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish the Public Health Workforce Scholarship Program to assure an adequate supply of public health professionals to eliminate critical public health workforce shortages in federal, state, local, and tribal public health agencies and centers by offering four-year scholarships in return for employment at such agencies and centers.

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 workforce educational degree or certificate in exchange for working at public health agencies or centers for at least three years.

Requires the Secretary to award grants to public health agencies that receive public health cooperative agreements from 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.

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.

Requires the Secretary to award competitive grants to establish or maintain Academic Health Departments to provide for collaboration between the academic and practice aspects of public health.

Sets forth licensure or certification exam requirements for social workers participating in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment program.

]]> Public Health Workforce Investment Act of 2009 Display Title Public Health Workforce Investment Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced 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 and health centers. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Public Health Workforce Investment Act of 2009 Introduced in House 2009-06-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr2810ih/xml/BILLS-111hr2810ih.xml 2009-06-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 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.