S. 2613: Public Health Preparedness Workforce Development Act of 2004
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S. 2613: Public Health Preparedness Workforce Development Act of 2004
108th Congress · introduced 2004-07-07 · Health · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2004-07-07 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Public Health Preparedness Workforce Development Act of 2004
Plain summary
Public Health Preparedness Workforce Development Act of 2004 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish the Public Health Workforce Scholarship Program to assure an adequate supply of public health professionals to eliminate critical public health preparedness workforce shortages in Federal, State, and local public health agencies by offering four-year scholarships in return for employment at such agencies. Requires the Secretary to establish the Public Health Workforce Loan Repayment Program to provide for the repayment of loans incurred by individuals in the pursuit of the relevant public health preparedness workforce educational degree or certificate in exchange for working at such agencies for at least three years. Requires the Secretary to award grants to public health agencies that receive public health preparedness cooperative agreements from the Department of Health and Human Services to operate State and local public health workforce loan repayment programs
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Official text
Public Health Preparedness Workforce Development Act of 2004
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE] · 6 cosponsors
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Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Patty Murray (D-WA)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-108s2613.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/108/s>
Record fed-us-cong108-s2613 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108