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Return to Work Awareness Act of 2019

USA116th CongressHR-2627| House 
| Updated: 5/9/2019
Joyce Beatty

Joyce Beatty

Democratic Representative

Ohio

Education and Workforce Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Return to Work Awareness Act of 2019 This bill authorizes the Job Accommodation Network to disseminate information and promote awareness among survivors of stroke and other debilitating health occurrences, such as traumatic brain injury and heart attack, and survivors' families, as well as among employers, government agencies, employee representatives, and service providers to (1) assist survivors of stroke and such other debilitating health occurrences in returning to work, (2) improve a survivor's employability and demonstrate to employers ways to capitalize on the value and talent that survivors add to the workplace, and (3) enhance self-employment and entrepreneurship options for survivors.
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Timeline
May 9, 2019
Introduced in House
May 9, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
  • May 9, 2019
    Introduced in House


  • May 9, 2019
    Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Labor and Employment

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Return to Work Awareness Act of 2019

USA116th CongressHR-2627| House 
| Updated: 5/9/2019
Return to Work Awareness Act of 2019 This bill authorizes the Job Accommodation Network to disseminate information and promote awareness among survivors of stroke and other debilitating health occurrences, such as traumatic brain injury and heart attack, and survivors' families, as well as among employers, government agencies, employee representatives, and service providers to (1) assist survivors of stroke and such other debilitating health occurrences in returning to work, (2) improve a survivor's employability and demonstrate to employers ways to capitalize on the value and talent that survivors add to the workplace, and (3) enhance self-employment and entrepreneurship options for survivors.
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Timeline
May 9, 2019
Introduced in House
May 9, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
  • May 9, 2019
    Introduced in House


  • May 9, 2019
    Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Joyce Beatty

Joyce Beatty

Democratic Representative

Ohio

Education and Workforce Committee

Labor and Employment

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Cardiovascular and respiratory healthDisability and health-based discriminationDisability assistanceEmployment and training programsGovernment information and archivesNeurological disordersSmall business