; (B) interrupted safe water supplies; (C) destroyed hospitals, nursing homes, schools, and childcare facilities; (D) disabled electricity power sources that keep our Nation's food and water safe; and (E) flooded homes and commercial buildings that will have to be remediated from mold. (7) Disasters such as these demonstrate the role of the environmental health workforce in assuring that day care centers, schools, hospitals, the water supply, and food establishments are free from hazards that might cause serious illness or death. (8) Educating and training existing and new environmental health workers should be a national public health goal. 3. Model standards and guidelines for credentialing environmental health workers (a) Model Standards (1) In general Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in coordination with appropriate national professional organizations, Federal, State, local, and tribal governmental agencies, and private sector and nongovernmental entities, shall develop model standards and guidelines for credentialing environmental health workers. (2) Permissible content Model standards and guidelines developed under paragraph (1) may include the following: (A) Environmental health workers should understand basic public health principles and the interdisciplinary nature of environmental health. (B) Environmental health workers should understand environmental protection and environmental health principles and practices. (C) Environmental health workers should understand basic government functions. (D) Environmental health workers should understand and be sensitive to the different cultures found in their institutions and communities. (b) Provision of standards and technical assistance (1) In general The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall provide to State, local, and tribal governments— (A) the model standards and guidelines developed under subsection (a)