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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 205 (Friday, December 4, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. KELLER:H.R. 8874.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 2, Clause 18[Page H6858]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Nurses Certification And Recognition of Experience Act of 2020 or the Nurses CARE Act of 2020</b></p> <p>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).</p>]]></text>
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      <text>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.</text>
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