1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Nurses Certification And Recognition of Experience Act of 2020 or the Nurses CARE Act of 2020 . 2. Providing flexibility in training and competency requirements for skilled nursing facility and nursing facility nursing aides under the Medicare and Medicaid programs (a) In general Sections 1819(b)(5) and 1919(b)(5) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395i–3(b)(5) , 1396r(b)(5)) are each amended— (1) in subparagraph (A)(i)(I), by inserting (or, in the case of a specified individual (as defined in subparagraph (H)(ii)), meets the requirement described in subparagraph (H)(i)) after subsection (e)(1)(A) ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (H) COVID–19 training and competency requirement flexibility (i) In general For purposes of subparagraph (A)(i)(I), the requirement described in this clause is, with respect to a specified individual (as defined in clause (ii)), that the individual demonstrates competency in work as a nursing aide through— (I) the successful completion of a nursing aide examination approved by the State; (II) certification of competency by a site administrator of a nursing aide apprenticeship program approved by the State; or (III) an assessment by the facility in each of the areas and skills described in section 583.152(b) of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation). (ii) Specified individual defined For purposes of this subparagraph, the term specified individual means an individual who, during the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B)— (I) completed a nursing aide training program and competency assessment (whether online or otherwise) approved by the State