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H.R. 7744: Building America’s Health Care Workforce Act

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H.R. 7744: Building America’s Health Care Workforce Act

117th Congress · introduced 2022-05-12 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2022-05-12 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Building America’s Health Care Workforce Act

Plain summary

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 waiver ends in June 2022. 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.

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Official text

Building America’s Health Care Workforce Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2] · 44 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Jim Banks (R-IN), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), James R. Baird (R-IN), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Mike Johnson (R-LA), Steve Scalise (R-LA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), John W. Rose (R-TN), Victoria Spartz (R-IN), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Julia Letlow (R-LA), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Deborah K. Ross (D-NC), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Michael Guest (R-MS), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Shontel M. Brown (D-OH), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Bryan Steil (R-WI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2] reported raising $6.0 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr7744 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117