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H.R. 4449: Pathways to Health Careers Act

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H.R. 4449: Pathways to Health Careers Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-07-16 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-07-16 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Pathways to Health Careers Act

Plain summary

Pathways to Health Careers Act This bill provides funding for, reauthorizes through FY2026, and makes a variety of changes to certain grants administered by the Department of Health and Human Services that provide education and training to low-income individuals for health care occupations, including by establishing a new competitive grant for projects designed to train low-income individuals in allied health professions.

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Official text

Pathways to Health Careers Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] · 44 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), John B. Larson (D-CT), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), Stacey E. Plaskett (D-VI), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), James A. Himes (D-CT), Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS), Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), André Carson (D-IN), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] reported raising $100,598 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr4449 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117