[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3233 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3233

  To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to repeal 
denial of approval of nurse aide training programs based on reasons not 
                 associated with quality or operation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 15, 1996

 Mr. Ehrlich introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 
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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to repeal 
denial of approval of nurse aide training programs based on reasons not 
                 associated with quality or operation.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REPEAL OF DENIAL OF APPROVAL OF NURSE AIDE TRAINING PROGRAMS 
              BASED ON REASONS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH QUALITY OR 
              OPERATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 1819(f)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1395i-3(f)(2)(B)) and section 1919(f)(2)(B) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396r(f)(2)(B)) are each amended by striking clause (iii) and 
the sentence that follows and inserting the following:
                            ``(iii) shall prohibit approval of such a 
                        program that does not comply with the 
                        requirements for nurse aide training and 
                        competency evaluation programs and nurse aide 
                        competency evaluation programs established by 
                        the Secretary under subparagraph (A).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--(1) The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to programs approved on or after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
    (2) The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall promulgate 
such regulations (on an interim final or similar basis) as may be 
required to carry out the amendments made by this section on a timely 
basis.
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