House set to vote on bill that could give dramatic boost to nurse-aide training efforts

House set to vote on bill that could give dramatic boost to nurse-aide training efforts 
McKnights Long-Term Care News, by Josh Henreckson; 2/28/24 
A bill that could reshape how new workers enter the long-term care workforce is scheduled for a vote in the US House of Representatives this week, according to a spokesperson for House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA). If passed, HR 6585 — referred to as the Bipartisan Workforce Pell Act — would make work training programs of as short as eight weeks with a minimum of 150 hours of training eligible for the federal aid through the Pell Grant program. Previously, grants were available only to programs with a minimum of 15 weeks and 600 hours of training.