; and (2) technical assistance in credentialing environmental health workers. 3013. Environmental health workforce development plan (a) In general To ensure that activities and programs (including education, training, and payment programs) of the Department of Health and Human Services for developing the environmental health workforce meet national needs, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall develop a comprehensive and coordinated plan for such activities and programs that— (1) includes performance measures to more clearly determine the extent to which such activities and programs are meeting the Department’s strategic goal of strengthening the environmental health workforce; (2) identifies and communicates to stakeholders any gaps between existing activities and programs and future environmental health workforce needs identified in workforce projections of the Health Resources and Services Administration; (3) identifies actions needed to address such identified gaps