,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fhji  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ab1 #bjbj,mr4  
,rodney ,davis of ,illinois 7for himself
 and ,ms4 ,gabbard7 introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit health care     
providers that receive funding through  
the ,public ,health and ,social         
,services ,emergency ,fund from reducing
 employment or compensation for certain 
nurses employed by the provider4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,nurse ,workforce ,protection ,act  
of #bjbj4  #b4 ,prohibition on health   
care providers that receive funding     
through the ,public ,health and ,social 
,services ,emergency ,fund from reducing
 employment or compensation for certain 
nurses employed by the provider  7a7 ,in
 general ,notwithstanding any other     
provision of law1 with respect to       
funding disbursed from the ,public      
,health and ,social ,services ,emergency

 ,fund on or after the date of the      
enactment of this ,act and before the   
end of the emergency period described in
 section #aace7;g77#a77;,b7 of the      
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#acbj;b-#e7;g77#a77;,b771 if such       
disbursement is made from funds made    
available for provider relief under the 
,,cares ,act 7,public ,law #aaf-acf7 or 
the ,paycheck ,protection ,program and  
,health ,care ,enhancement ,act 7,public
 ,law #aaf-aci71 a health care provider 
shall be eligible to receive such a     
disbursement only if such provider      
agrees1 with respect to the period      
beginning on the date such disbursement 
7or1 in the case of a specified provider
 7as defined in subsection 7b771        
beginning on the date that is #cj days  
after the date of such disbursement7 and
 ending #b months after such            
disbursement 7or1 in the case of a      
specified provider1 ending #b months    
after the date that is #cj days after   
such disbursement7-- 7#a7 not to require

 any nurse 7defined in subsection 7d77  
to take paid or unpaid leave2 and  7#b7 
to maintain-- 7,a7 the employment of a  
number of nurses that is equal to or    
greater than #ge percent of the number  
of such nurses that were employed by    
such provider as of ,january #ca1 #bjbj2
  7,b7 an average salary for such nurses
 that is at least #ge percent of the    
average salary payable by such provider 
for such nurses as of ,january #ca1     
#bjbj2 and  7,c7 an average number of   
paid hours per day for such nurses that 
is greater than or equal to #ge percent 
of the average number of paid hours per 
day for such nurses as of ,january #ca1 
#bjbj4  7b7 ,specified provider defined 
,for purposes of subsection 7a71 the    
term specified provider means a health  
care provider that1 as of the day before
 the date of a disbursement described in
 subsection 7a7-- 7#a7 did not employ a 
number of nurses 7as defined in         
subsection 7d77 that was equal to or    
greater than #ge percent of the number  

of such nurses that were employed by    
such provider as of ,january #ca1 #bjbj2
  7#b7 was not paying an average salary 
for such nurses that was at least #ge   
percent of the average salary payable by
 such provider for such nurses as of    
,january #ca1 #bjbj2 or  7#c7 did not   
have an average number of paid hours per
 day for such nurses that was at least  
#ge percent of the average number of    
paid hours per day for such nurses as of
 ,january #ca1 #bjbj4  7c7 ,repayment in
 case of failure ,to maintain employment
 ,the ,secretary of ,health and ,human  
,services shall require a health care   
provider that violates an agreement     
described in subsection 7a7 with respect
 to a disbursement described in such    
subsection to repay to the ,secretary   
#ajj percent of the amount of such      
disbursement4  7d7 ,definition ,for     
purposes of this section1 the term nurse
 includes a registered nurse1 a licensed
 practical nurse1 a licensed vocational 
nurse1 and an advanced practice         

registered nurse 7such as a nurse       
practitioner1 clinical nurse specialist1
 certified nurse midwife1 and certified 
registered nurse anesthetist74