S. 1137 · 116th Congress
Environmental Health Workforce Act of 2019
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Debbie Stabenow
- Introduced
- 2019-04-10
- Latest action
- 2019-04-10 · Introduced in Senate
Summary
Environmental Health Workforce Act of 2019
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish guidelines for credentialing environmental health workers and to create a plan to develop the environmental health workforce. Environmental health workers investigate, assess, and control hazardous environmental agents.
HHS also must, within two years, conduct a study on the environmental health workforce and natural disaster preparedness.