H.R. 6445 — Fast Track Healthcare Apprenticeships Act

This section establishes expedited processing for registering apprenticeship programs in the health care field (i.e., healthcare practitioners and technical occupations and healthcare support occupations, per the Bureau of Labor Statistics Standard Occupational Classification System) under the National Apprenticeship Act. In administering the national apprenticeship system, it requires the Secretary of Labor to (1) provide a decision on such applications within 45 days of receipt and (2) if no decision is made within 45 days, issue a written explanation for the delay and an estimated timeline for determination not more than 90 days after the explanation.

This section directs the Secretary of Labor, in administering the National Apprenticeship Act, to establish a national apprenticeship system in which all apprenticeship agreement forms—including employer agreement forms and disability disclosure forms—are digitized.