118th Congress Health
H.R. 468: Building America’s Health Care Workforce Act
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Summary
This bill extends certain flexibilities relating to training and competency requirements for nurse aides in Medicare skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and Medicaid nursing facilities (NFs).
Generally, SNFs and NFs may not hire nurse aides for longer than four months unless they meet certain training and certification requirements. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services waived some of these requirements during the COVID-19 emergency period so as to allow facilities to maintain adequate staffing levels; the blanket waiver ended in June 2022, though individual facilities, states, and counties may continue to apply for waivers during the emergency period.
The bill extends these flexibilities for at least two years after the bill's enactment and specifies that (1) any time worked by a nurse aide during the emergency period counts toward the 75 hours required for initial training, and (2) a competency evaluation may be conducted at the SNF or NF where the nurse aide is employed if the state does not offer such an evaluation at least once a week.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Nanette Barragán D-CAOriginal
- James Baird R-INOriginal
- Shontel Brown D-OHOriginal
- Kathy Castor D-FLOriginal
- Steve Cohen D-TNOriginal
- Madeleine Dean D-PAOriginal
- A. Ferguson R-GAOriginal
- Michael Guest R-MSOriginal
- Chrissy Houlahan D-PAOriginal
- Diana Harshbarger R-TNOriginal
- Ann Kuster D-NHOriginal
- Daniel Meuser R-PAOriginal
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks R-IAOriginal
- Chris Pappas D-NHOriginal
- Greg Pence R-INOriginal
- Deborah Ross D-NCOriginal
- John Rose R-TNOriginal
- Victoria Spartz R-INOriginal
- Adrian Smith R-NEOriginal
- Elise Stefanik R-NYOriginal
- Darren Soto D-FLOriginal
- Tracey Mann R-KS
- Angie Craig D-MN
- Mike Johnson R-LA
- Glenn Grothman R-WI
- Garret Graves R-LA
- Mike Rogers R-AL
- Rudy Yakym R-IN
- Clay Higgins R-LA
- Garland Barr R-KY
- Scott DesJarlais R-TN
- Dean Phillips D-MN
- Glenn Thompson R-PA
- Yvette Clarke D-NY
- Donald Davis D-NC
- Yadira Caraveo D-CO
- Thomas Suozzi D-NY
Who scored on this bill
- 1Brett Guthrie SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced, reached a cosponsor milestone3 events+12
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History
- Introduced in the House by Brett Guthrie.
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- Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 14 - 8.
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.