; (4) State requirements for continuing education for environmental health workers; (5) whether State, local, and city health departments and independent environmental health agencies track continuing education units for their environmental health workers; and (6) how frequently any exam required to qualify environmental health workers is updated and reviewed to ensure that the exam is consistent with current law. (b) Selection of States The report described in subsection (a) shall be based upon the examination of such best practices with respect to 3 States that have credentialing requirements for environmental health workers (such as Maryland, Ohio, and Washington) and 3 States that do not have such requirements (such as Indiana, Michigan, and Pennsylvania). 6. Public service loan forgiveness Section 455(m) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1087e(m) ) is amended in paragraph (3)(B)— (1) in clause (i), by striking or at the end; (2) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (iii) a full-time job as an environmental health worker (as defined in section 7 of the Environmental Health Workforce Act of 2017 ) who is accredited, certified, or licensed in accordance with applicable law. . 7. Definition In this Act, the terms environmental health worker and environmental health workforce refer to public health workers who investigate and assess hazardous environmental agents in various environmental settings and develop, promote, and enforce guidelines, policies, and interventions to control such hazards.