H.R. 3234 · 111th Congress
Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Eddie Johnson
- Introduced
- 2009-07-16
- Latest action
- 2009-10-22 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
Summary
Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to require the Secretary of Labor to establish and carry out a health professions training demonstration project that awards matching grants to eligible entities to train certain unemployed workers for employment as health care professionals in communities: (1) with a significant percentage decline in rates of employment and a health care professional shortage; or (2) that are underserved by the health care structure.