3.0.0 319 2020-02-10T17:01:04Z 2020-02-10T17:01:04Z Senate S S 2009-01-26 111 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-01-26T23:05:01Z 2009-01-26 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S836-838) IntroReferral 2009-01-26 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S836) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-01-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS N D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2009-01-26 True Health Arizona California Child health Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health care quality Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Medical education Mental health Minority health New Mexico Nutrition and diet Physical fitness and lifestyle Texas Women's health Health 00 2009-01-26 Introduced in Senate 2009-02-13T19:24:06Z Community Health Workers Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to promote positive health behaviors for women and children in target populations, especially racial and ethnic minority women and children in medically underserved communities.

Permits such funds to be used to support community health workers to: (1) educate, guide, and provide outreach regarding health problems among women and children, especially among racial and ethnic minority women and children; (2) educate, guide, and provide experiential learning opportunities that target behavioral risk factors, including poor nutrition and tobacco use; (3) educate and guide regarding effective strategies to promote positive health behaviors within the family; (4) educate and provide outreach regarding enrollment in health insurance; (5) promote community wellness and awareness; and (6) educate and refer target populations to appropriate health care agencies and community based programs and organizations.

Requires the Secretary to give priority to experienced applicants who propose to target geographic areas: (1) with a high percentage of uninsured or underinsured residents who are eligible for health insurance; (2) with a high percentage of families for whom English is not their primary language; and (3) that encompass the United States-Mexico border region.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) encourage community health worker programs to collaborate with academic institutions; and (2) establish guidelines for ensuring the quality of the training and supervision of community health workers under programs funded under this Act and for ensuring the cost-effectiveness of such programs.

]]> Community Health Workers Act of 2009 Short Titles as Introduced Community Health Workers Act of 2009 Display Title Community Health Workers Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants to promote positive health behaviors in women and children. Introduced in Senate 2009-01-26T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s319is/xml/BILLS-111s319is.xml 2009-01-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S836-838) 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.