To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide flexibility in training and competency requirements for skilled nursing facility and nursing facility nursing aides under the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
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Latest Action · December 4, 2020
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.
Nurses Certification And Recognition of Experience Act of 2020 or the Nurses CARE Act of 2020
This bill expands qualifying training and competency requirements for nurse aides in Medicare skilled nursing facilities and Medicaid nursing facilities for nurse aides who initially train and work during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
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