Please reach out to your Representatives to encourage them to co-sponsor
H.R. 4468, the Nursing Home Workforce Quality Act. This bipartisan legislation, introduced by
Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3) and Congressman Ron Estes (R-KS-4), will help
address the critical shortage of Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) by
ensuring that CNAs have access to the quality training that they need.
As you may know, nursing home facilities that face $10,843 or more in
civil monetary penalties (CMPs) are subject to the revocation of their training
program and are unable to create a new program for a mandatory two-year period. This new legislation will allow nursing
facilities to resume their in-house education programs once deficiencies are
identified and remedied, while also providing additional oversight of
facilities that are under a period of disapproval for a maximum of two years.
Contact
your members of Congress today and tell them to co-sponsor this bipartisan
legislation that will greatly help those facilities who rely on CNA trainings
to provide quality care to their residents.
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