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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.

Introduced Dec 4, 2025

Latest action (Dec 4, 2025) Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Referred to
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Policy area
Health
Issues
Healthcare

Summary
  • Establishes a 45-day timeline for the Department of Labor to decide on health care apprenticeship program registration applications.
  • Requires a written explanation and timeline (not exceeding 90 days total) if a decision is not made within the initial 45-day period.
  • Defines "health care field" to include healthcare practitioners, technical occupations, and healthcare support occupations.
  • Requires the Department of Labor to digitize all apprenticeship agreement forms, including employer agreements and disability disclosure forms.

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Sponsor (1)

Actions (2)
  1. Dec 4, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. · senate
  2. Dec 4, 2025 Introduced in Senate

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 6445 — Fast Track Healthcare Apprenticeships Act · Introduced Dec 4, 2025 · Cong. 119 92%
  • S 4409 — START Act · Introduced Apr 28, 2026 · Cong. 119 72%
  • S 4386 — ADVICE Act · Introduced Apr 27, 2026 · Cong. 119 69%
  • S 531 — American Apprenticeship Act · Introduced Feb 11, 2025 · Cong. 119 64%
  • S 3993 — Reducing Arbitrary Barriers to Apprenticeship Act of 2026 · Introduced Apr 29, 2026 · Cong. 119 63%
  • HR 5806 — Pre-Apprenticeship Wrap-around Support Services Fund Act of 2025 · Introduced Oct 21, 2025 · Cong. 119 62%

Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

December 4, 2025

Mr. Wyden introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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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