# 119-hr-3471: Certified Nursing Assistant Workforce Improvement Act

119-hr-3471, Certified Nursing Assistant Workforce Improvement Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI-3] (R-WI); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-3471
- Congress: 119
- Title: Certified Nursing Assistant Workforce Improvement Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-05-15
- Sponsor: Rep. Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI-3] (R-WI)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Would require registered nurses who supervise certified nursing assistant training to have at least two years of nursing experience that may come from any nursing setting.** The bill would direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to revise 42 CFR 483.152(a)(5)(i) within one year to adopt that standard. - Certified nursing assistant trainees may be supervised by RNs whose two years of experience come from hospitals, home health, clinics, or other settings. This may increase the pool of available supervisors. - Registered nurses gain broader eligibility to serve as training supervisors because prior long-term care experience would not be required. - Nursing facilities and skilled nursing facilities would need to ensure their RN supervisors meet the new two-year experience standard within one year. - The change is a regulatory adjustment to the Code of Federal Regulations that updates the supervisory qualification for nurse aide training.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Steil, Bryan [R-WI-1] (R-WI), 2025-06-23T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New rules for nurse aide training supervisors: benefit, low. If enacted, registered nurses who supervise nurse aide training would need at least 2 years of nursing experience. The 2 years could come from any nursing setting, not just long-term care. Nursing and skilled nursing facilities that run these programs would need to follow the new standard. HHS woul…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-3471 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3471)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3471 (as of 2026-04-21).