S.Amdt. 4418

SA 4418. Mr. WYDEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 1383, to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee
on Equal Access, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:

In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert the
following:

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.''.
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