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119-hr-6445119th CongressWALLET

Fast Track Healthcare Apprenticeships Act

Sponsored By: Representative Johnson, Julie [D-TX-32]

Introduced

Summary

This bill would create a timebound national process that guarantees faster registration for health care apprenticeships and requires apprenticeship agreement forms to be digitized.

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  • Health care employers and apprenticeship sponsors would get faster decisions on program registration. The Secretary of Labor must decide within 45 days or provide a written delay notice and a new deadline that could push the total review window to as much as 135 days.
  • Prospective apprentices and health care workers would face simpler paperwork. The bill requires digitized apprenticeship agreement forms, including employer forms and disability disclosure forms.
  • The Department of Labor would build a national apprenticeship system and tie health care program definitions to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Standard Occupational Classification. No new funding or sunset dates are specified in the sources.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Faster, Digital Health Apprenticeships

This bill would speed and modernize how health care apprenticeships are registered. Decisions on applications would be required within 45 days of receipt. If no decision is issued in 45 days, the Labor Department would have to send a written explanation and an estimated timeline that could be no more than 90 days after that explanation, meaning a maximum of 135 days after receipt. The bill would define the "health care field" using two BLS occupation categories (practitioners/technical and support) and would require apprenticeship agreement and disability disclosure forms to be digitized. If enacted, these changes would take effect upon enactment.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Johnson, Julie [D-TX-32]

TX • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Kennedy, Mike [R-UT-3]

    UT • R

    Sponsored 12/4/2025

  • Rep. Bynum, Janelle S. [D-OR-5]

    OR • D

    Sponsored 7/21/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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