Impacts and Outcomes for Health Career Training Act

Bill: 117-hr-5850
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]
Introduced: 2021-11-03
Policy area: Health
Latest action: action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-11-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Impacts and Outcomes for Health Career Training Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to study the impact of demonstration projects funded by grants for providing low-income individuals with education and training for health care occupations, including the effects of the projects on participants' employment and earnings.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5850 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 3, 2021 Mr. Schneider introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To ensure an evidence-based funding approach to study the effects of health profession opportunity grant demonstration projects, and to evaluate the demonstration projects.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Impacts and Outcomes for Health Career Training Act . 2. Evidence-based funding approach to study the effects of health profession opportunity grant demonstration projects; evaluation of demonstration projects Section 2008 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397g ) is amended by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively, and by inserting after subsection (b) the following: (c) Study (1) In general The Secretary shall conduct a study of the short-, medium-, and long-term impacts of the demonstration projects for which a grant is made under this section, including the employment and earnings of project participants. (2) Funding The Secretary shall use not less than 4 percent of total amount made available to carry out this section for each fiscal year for the study required by paragraph (1), evaluations, and associated staffing, for the purpose of supporting the rigorous evaluation of the demonstration projects, and supporting the continued study of the short-, medium-, and long-term effects of the demonstration projects, including the effectiveness of new or added elements of the demonstration projects. . 3. Effective date The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on October 1, 2021.