The Building America's Health Care Workforce Act allows skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities facing nurse aide shortages to request waivers from certain federal training and certification requirements. Facilities located in state-designated nurse aide shortage areas that have maintained good quality care records over the past two years can extend the timeline for completing nurse aide training from four months to twelve months and count work experience toward the required 75 hours of initial training. States can opt into this program for all eligible facilities in their jurisdiction, or individual facilities can apply for waivers independently. The bill aims to help nursing facilities address workforce shortages by reducing some regulatory barriers while maintaining safeguards by limiting waivers only to facilities with strong safety records. No specific funding or implementation timeline is specified in the legislation.
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