Sec. 214. Review of the availability and quality of apprenticeship programs in long-term care settings
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Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall submit a report to the appropriate committees of Congress that— identifies the extent of vacancies at employers that employ direct care professionals at the State and local levels within the direct care professional workforce, including with respect to vacancies of direct care professionals; review existing apprenticeship programs in the direct care professional workforce; provide recommendations on the design of apprenticeship programs in the direct care professional workforce, including about potential funding opportunities, potential apprenticeship program sponsors, and a national competency-based occupational framework; and identify opportunities for coordination with other State and local entities, including State educational agencies, local educational agencies, career and technical education programs, institutions of higher education, State agencies with responsibility for administering a State Medicaid program, and labor management organizations, to create apprenticeship programs and other ways to incorporate associate and bachelor’s degrees in apprenticeship programs.