US Congress House Bill 1289 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-0)
Status: Introduced on March 1 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-01 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Pending: House Education And The Workforce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr., Social Work Reinvestment Act This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish the Social Work Reinvestment Commission to provide independent counsel to Congress and HHS on policy issues related to recruitment, retention, research, and reinvestment in the profession of social work. In addition, HHS shall award specified grants to support grantees in carrying out workplace improvement programs to address concerns related to the social work profession. HHS shall also award specified grants to support: (1) postdoctoral research in social work, (2) the recruitment and education of social work students in advanced degree programs and the professional development of social work faculty, and (3) the testing and replication of effective social work interventions. HHS must contract with a national social work entity to serve as a coordinating center and clearinghouse. In addition, HHS must develop and issue public service announcements that advertise and promote the social work profession.

Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr., Social Work Reinvestment Act

Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]
Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Stacey Plaskett [D-VI]
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-01	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
2017-03-01	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1289/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1289/BILLS-115hr1289ih.pdf