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S 452 105th Congress Senate Health Employee training Fines (Penalties) Labor and Employment Medicaid Medicare Nurses Nursing homes Paramedical personnel Quality of care Social Welfare Surveys

A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to permit a waiver of the prohibition of offering nurse aide training and competency evaluation programs in certain nursing facilities.

Introduced: March 17, 1997 See on congress.gov
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Mar 17, 1997
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 17, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2372-2373)
Mar 17, 1997
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to permit waiver of the prohibition against offering nurse aide training and competency evaluation programs in certain facilities if no other such program is offered within a reasonable distance of such a facility.

What's happening now March 17, 1997

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Mar 17, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 452: A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to permit a waiver of the prohibition of offering nurse aide training and competency evaluation programs in certain nursing facilities.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-452/
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"S. 452: A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to permit a waiver of the prohibition of offering nurse aide training and competency evaluation programs in certain nursing facilities.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-452/.
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S. 452, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-452/.
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