3.0.0 789 2023-01-11T13:27:50Z 2023-01-11T13:27:50Z Senate S 2015-03-18 114 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-03-18T20:33:45Z Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr., Social Work Reinvestment Act 114 1378 HR 2015-04-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. Related bill CRS 2015-03-18 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2015-03-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN N Social Welfare Advisory bodies Congressional oversight Department of Health and Human Services Education programs funding Executive agency funding and structure Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Higher education Licensing and registrations Policy sciences Public contracts and procurement Research administration and funding Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Student aid and college costs Wages and earnings Worker safety and health Social Welfare 00 2015-03-18 Introduced in Senate 2015-04-28T20:20:12Z Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young Jr., Social Work Reinvestment Act

This bill directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish the Social Work Reinvestment Commission to provide independent counsel to Congress and the Secretary on policy issues related to recruitment, retention, research, and reinvestment in the profession of social work.

The Commission shall study issues facing the social work profession, including: (1) fair market compensation, high educational debt, social work workforce trends, translating social work research to practice, and social work safety; and (2) state-level social work licensure policies and reciprocity agreements for providing services across state lines.

The Secretary is directed to award grants to four eligible entities, including at least two agencies of state or local governments, to assist them in carrying out a workplace improvement program to address concerns for the social work profession.

The Secretary shall also award grants to: (1) 25 social workers who hold a doctoral degree in social work for postdoctoral research in social work, (2) 20 eligible institutions of higher education to support the recruitment and education of social work students in advanced degree programs and the professional development of social work faculty, and (3) six eligible covered entities to test and replicate effective social work interventions.

The Secretary shall contract with a national social work entity that serves as a coordinating center to: (1) engage in activities to build on the efforts of the National Association of Social Workers National Center for Workforce Studies; (2) collect, coordinate, monitor, and distribute data and information on best practices and findings regarding grant-funded activities; (3) report to the Secretary recommendations on the need to recruit new social workers, retain current social worker, conduct social worker research, and reinvest in the profession of social work; and (4) select research topics to further the goals of this Act.

The Secretary must develop and issue public service announcements that advertise and promote the social work profession.

]]> Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr., Social Work Reinvestment Act Display Title Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr., Social Work Reinvestment Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish the Social Work Reinvestment Commission to provide independent counsel to Congress and the Secretary of Health and Human Services on policy issues related to recruitment, retention, research, and reinvestment in the profession of social work, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr., Social Work Reinvestment Act Introduced in Senate 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s789is/xml/BILLS-114s789is.xml 2015-03-18 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.