Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act
Latest action · Oct 22, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
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.
- IntroducedJul 16, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
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.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jul 16, 2009 |
| Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee | Referred Oct 22, 2009 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jul 16, 2009 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jul 17, 2009 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 22, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
- Jul 17, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jul 16, 2009Introduced in House
- Jul 16, 2009Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Jul 16, 2009Referred to House Education and Labor
- Jul 16, 2009Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1173 | Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act | Identical bill | Jun 3, 2009 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish a demonstration project to train unemployed workers for employment as health care professionals, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 16, 2009Introduced in House
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