Environmental Health Workforce Act of 2018 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services 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.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Health
Congressional oversightDisaster relief and insuranceEmployment and training programsEnvironmental healthGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHazardous wastes and toxic substancesHealth personnelLicensing and registrationsNatural disastersState and local government operations
A bill to prioritize education and training for current and future members of the environmental health workforce.
USA115th CongressS-2616| Senate
| Updated: 3/22/2018
Environmental Health Workforce Act of 2018 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services 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.
Congressional oversightDisaster relief and insuranceEmployment and training programsEnvironmental healthGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHazardous wastes and toxic substancesHealth personnelLicensing and registrationsNatural disastersState and local government operations