Public Health Preparedness Workforce Development Act of 2005
Latest action · Mar 3, 2005 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 3, 2005
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Public Health Preparedness Workforce Development Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish the Public Health Workforce Scholarship Program to assure an adequate supply of public health professionals to eliminate critical public health preparedness workforce shortages in Federal, State, local, and tribal public health agencies by offering four-year scholarships in return for employment at such agencies.
Requires the Secretary to establish the Public Health Workforce Loan Repayment Program to provide for the repayment of loans incurred by individuals in the pursuit of the relevant public health preparedness workforce educational degree or certificate in exchange for working at such agencies for at least three years.
Requires the Secretary to award grants to public health agencies that receive public health preparedness cooperative agreements from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to operate State, local, and tribal public health workforce loan repayment programs.
Requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), in cooperation with the Secretary, to ensure that there is an online catalogue within the OPM website of public health workforce employment opportunities within the Federal Government.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 3, 2005.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Original | Mar 3, 2005 |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Original | Mar 3, 2005 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | Mar 3, 2005 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Mar 3, 2005 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 3, 2005Introduced in Senate
- Mar 3, 2005Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 506 | Public Health Preparedness Workforce Development Act of 2005 | Identical bill | Mar 3, 2005 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Access to health care
- Directories
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Electronic government information
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Federal aid to Indians
- Federal employees
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publications
- Government publicity
- Health
- Higher education
- Indian medical care
- Internet
- Job vacancies
- Medical education
- Minorities
- Office of Personnel Management
- Public health personnel
- Recruiting of employees
- Scholarships
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Student loan funds
- Web sites
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