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Fast Track Healthcare Apprenticeships Act
To clarify the time period for registering health care apprenticeships under the Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as the ``National Apprenticeship Act'') and require the digitization of apprenticeship agreement forms under such Act, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill amends the National Apprenticeship Act to establish clearer procedures for registering health care apprenticeship programs. The Secretary of Labor must make a decision on health care apprenticeship registration applications within 45 days of receipt, or provide a written explanation and estimated timeline not to exceed 90 days total. The bill defines the health care field to include healthcare practitioners, technical occupations, and healthcare support occupations as classified by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The bill also requires the Secretary of Labor to digitize all apprenticeship agreement forms, including employer agreements and disability disclosure forms, under the national apprenticeship system.
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Actions (3)
- Dec 4, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. · house
- Dec 4, 2025 Introduced in House
- Dec 4, 2025 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5030-5031)
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 4, 2025
Ms. Johnson of Texas (for herself and Mr. Kennedy of Utah) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce
A BILL
To clarify the time period for registering health care apprenticeships under the Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as the “National Apprenticeship Act”) and require the digitization of apprenticeship agreement forms under such Act, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Fast Track Healthcare Apprenticeships Act”.
SEC. 2. HEALTH CARE APPRENTICESHIP REGISTRATION.
The Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as the “National Apprenticeship Act”; 50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.) is amended—
(1) by redesignating section 4 as section 6; and
(2) by inserting after section 3 the following:
“SEC. 4. HEALTH CARE APPRENTICESHIP REGISTRATION.
“(a) In General.—In administering this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall establish a national apprenticeship system that provides, with respect to any application submitted seeking to register a program in the health care field as an apprenticeship program under this Act, that—
“(1) a decision shall be provided to the applicant on the application not later than 45 days after receipt of the application; and
“(2) if a decision is not made within the 45 days after receipt, a written explanation for the delay and an estimated timeline for a determination (that is not more than 90 days after the date of such written explanation) shall be provided to the applicant.
“(b) Definitions.—In this section:
“(1) Health care field.—The term ‘health care field’ means the following occupations:
“(A) Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations, as described in the Bureau of Labor Statistics Standard Occupational Classification System (or any corresponding occupation in any corresponding System).
“(B) Healthcare support occupations, as described in such System (or any corresponding occupation in any corresponding System).
“(2) National apprenticeship system.—The term ‘national apprenticeship system’ means the system established by the Secretary of Labor to carry out the activities authorized and directed to be carried out under section 1.”.
SEC. 3. DIGITIZATION OF APPRENTICESHIP AGREEMENT FORMS.
The Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as the “National Apprenticeship Act”; 50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.), as amended by section 2, is further amended by inserting after section 4 (as added by section 2) the following:
“SEC. 5. DIGITIZATION OF APPRENTICESHIP AGREEMENT FORMS.
“In administering this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall establish a national apprenticeship system (as such term is defined in section 4) that provides that any apprenticeship agreement form for such system (including any employer agreement form or any disability disclosure form) shall be digitized.”. <all>
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