[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2627 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2627

To assist survivors of stroke and other debilitating health occurrences 
                         in returning to work.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 9, 2019

 Mrs. Beatty introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
To assist survivors of stroke and other debilitating health occurrences 
                         in returning to work.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Return to Work Awareness Act of 
2019''.

SEC. 2. ASSISTING SURVIVORS OF STROKE AND OTHER DEBILITATING HEALTH 
              OCCURRENCES IN RETURNING TO WORK.

    The Secretary of Labor, acting through the Job Accommodation 
Network, may disseminate information and promote awareness among 
survivors of stroke and other debilitating health occurrences, such as 
traumatic brain injury and heart attack, and the families of such 
survivors, as well as among private employers, government agencies, 
employee representatives, and service providers to--
            (1) assist survivors of stroke and such other debilitating 
        health occurrences in returning to work;
            (2) improve survivor's employability and demonstrate to 
        employers the most effective ways to capitalize on the value 
        and talent that these survivors add to the workplace; and
            (3) enhance self-employment and entrepreneurship options 
        for survivors.
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