Building America’s Health Care Workforce Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 9067 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9067 To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to establish a waiver of certain training and certification requirements for specified skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 18, 2024 Mr. Guthrie introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to establish a waiver of certain training and certification requirements for specified skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Building America's Health Care Workforce Act''. SEC. 2. ESTABLISHING A WAIVER OF CERTAIN TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIFIED SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES AND NURSING FACILITIES. (a) Medicare.--Section 1819 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i-3) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: ``(l) Waiver of Certain Training and Certification Requirements for Specified Skilled Nursing Facilities.-- ``(1) Election.-- ``(A) States.--A State may elect, in a form and manner specified by the Secretary, for the provisions of subsections (b) and (f) to be applied in accordance with paragraph (2) with respect to specified skilled nursing facilities (as defined in paragraph (3)) located in such State. ``(B) Specified skille