Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 12) to protect a person's ability to determine whether to continue or end a pregnancy, and to protect a health care provider's ability to provide abortion services.
- Last Action
- 6/21/2023
Actions
- 2024-12-17Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2024-05-16Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 14 - 8.
- 2024-05-16Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- 2023-02-03Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2023-01-24Referred 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.
- 2023-01-24Referred 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.
- 2023-01-24Introduced in House
- 2023-01-24Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2023-01-24 (00)
Building America's Health Care Workforce Act
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.
Cosponsors (20)
- Madeleine Dean (D-PA)
- Elise Stefanik (R-NY)
- Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA)
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA)
- Steve Cohen (D-TN)
- Greg Pence (R-IN)
- Deborah Ross (D-NC)
- John Rose (R-TN)
- Daniel Meuser (R-PA)
- Shontel Brown (D-OH)
- Ann Kuster (D-NH)
- Michael Guest (R-MS)
- Kathy Castor (D-FL)
- James Baird (R-IN)
- Nanette Barragan (D-CA)
- Diana Harshbarger (R-TN)
- Chris Pappas (D-NH)
- A. Ferguson (R-GA)
- Darren Soto (D-FL)
- Victoria Spartz (R-IN)
Subjects
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Congressional oversight
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Government studies and investigations
- Health personnel
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Nursing
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