Geriatrics Workforce Improvement Act
Latest action · Jan 31, 2019 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.
- IntroducedJan 31, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Geriatrics Workforce Improvement Act
This bill reauthorizes through FY2024 and revises several programs relating to geriatric-care training and workforce development, including a Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program to support the development of a health care workforce that integrates geriatrics with primary care and other appropriate specialties.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 31, 2019 to Dec 12, 2019; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Original | Jan 31, 2019 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Jun 5, 2019 | |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Oct 17, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Oct 23, 2019 | |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Dec 12, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Jan 31, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 31, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Jan 31, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 116-437 | PROMOTING ELDER JUSTICE: A CALL FOR REFORM204 pages | Finance Committee | Jul 23, 2019 |
| S. Hrg. 116-277 | HOW PRIMARY CARE AFFECTS HEALTH CARE COSTS AND OUTCOMES80 pages | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Feb 5, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize programs that support interprofessional geriatric education and training to develop a geriatric-capable workforce, improving health outcomes for a growing and diverse aging American population and their families, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Geriatrics Workforce Improvement Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Aging
- Congressional oversight
- Education programs funding
- Health
- Health care coverage and access
- Health care quality
- Health information and medical records
- Health personnel
- Health programs administration and funding
- Indian social and development programs
- Medical education
- Mental health
- Minority health
- Rural conditions and development
- Student aid and college costs
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 31, 2019Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
