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This bill, the Building a Sustainable Workforce for Healthy Communities Act, aims to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements to eligible entities for promoting healthy behaviors and outcomes in medically underserved communities through the use of community health workers. The key provisions of the bill include: (1) authorizing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award funds to recruit, hire, and train community health workers; (2) supporting community health workers in providing education and outreach on health conditions and addressing social determinants of health; (3) requiring eligible entities to develop a plan for providing services in the appropriate language and cultural context; and (4) authorizing $75 million annually for fiscal years 2023 through 2027 to carry out the program. The bill also requires a report to Congress on the effectiveness of the program and a Government Accountability Office (GAO) study on the program's outcomes and coordination with other relevant programs.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8151/all-info