US Congress House Bill 1378 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 39-0)
Status: Introduced on March 16 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-04-29 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr., Social Work Reinvestment Act This bill directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish the Social Work Reinvestment Commission to provide independent counsel to Congress and the Secretary on policy issues related to recruitment, retention, research, and reinvestment in the profession of social work. The Commission shall study issues facing the social work profession, including: (1) fair market compensation, high educational debt, social work workforce trends, translating social work research to practice, and social work safety; and (2) state-level social work licensure policies and reciprocity agreements for providing services across state lines. The Secretary is directed to award grants to four eligible entities, including at least two agencies of state or local governments, to assist them in carrying out a workplace improvement program to address concerns for the social work profession. The Secretary shall also award grants to: (1) 25 social workers who hold a doctoral degree in social work for postdoctoral research in social work, (2) 20 eligible institutions of higher education to support the recruitment and education of social work students in advanced degree programs and the professional development of social work faculty, and (3) six eligible covered entities to test and replicate effective social work interventions. The Secretary shall contract with a national social work entity that serves as a coordinating center to: (1) engage in activities to build on the efforts of the National Association of Social Workers National Center for Workforce Studies; (2) collect, coordinate, monitor, and distribute data and information on best practices and findings regarding grant-funded activities; (3) report to the Secretary recommendations on the need to recruit new social workers, retain current social worker, conduct social worker research, and reinvest in the profession of social work; and (4) select research topics to further the goals of this Act. The Secretary 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. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]
Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]
Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]
Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]
Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]
Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Stacey Plaskett [D-VI]
Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-04-29	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
2015-03-16	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
2015-03-16	House	Introduced in House

SB789 (Related) 2015-03-18 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1378/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr1378/BILLS-114hr1378ih.pdf