A new bill, Building America’s Health Care Workforce Act, extends a Section 1135 waiver, and allows temporary nurse aides (TNA) that are awaiting certification the opportunity to have the time relating to working in a nursing home to count toward the federal 75-hour training requirement. The bill reflects the anticipation that nationwide, nurse aide testing centers will experience a backlog as all of the TNAs who have been working during the pandemic rush to schedule their tests ahead of the October deadline following the end of the TNA waiver. You can access an article regarding the bill here.