{"id":2467063,"date":"2025-07-26T14:11:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T18:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/attorneys-general-announce-settlement-over-training-nurses-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T14:12:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T18:12:51","slug":"attorneys-general-announce-settlement-over-training-nurses-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/attorneys-general-announce-settlement-over-training-nurses-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Attorneys general announce settlement over training nurses &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fattorneys-general-announce-settlement-over-training-nurses-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2467063&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Attorneys general from Nevada, California, and Colorado announced a settlement with HCA, one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hospital-system-backs-off-race-based-treatment-policy-after-legal-threat\/\" title=\"Hospital System Backs Off Race-Based Treatment Policy After Legal Threat\">largest hospital systems<\/a> in the U.S., following investigations into the company&#8217;s practice of requiring new nurses to repay training costs if they left within two years. This practice violated state consumer protection laws and potentially federal consumer financial protection laws. As part of the settlement, HCA agreed to pay nearly $2.9 million in total, including over $75,000 in restitution to affected Nevada nurses and $786,500 in penalties to the state. The nurses involved were required to sign training Repayment Agreement Provisions (TRAPs) as part of their apprenticeship program with HCA, a practice common among healthcare employers nationwide. The settlement aims to prevent employers from burdening nurses with unlawful debt and supports workers&#8217; ability to seek better pay and conditions.HCA operates 186 hospitals across 20 states and the UK.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Attorneys general announce settlement over training nurses<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2182176\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &mdash;&nbsp;One of the nation&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/healthcare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">largest hospital systems<\/a> has decided to settle after investigations by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nevada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Nevada<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">California<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/colorado\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Colorado<\/a> determined it was forcing new nurses to repay training costs if they left the company within two years.<\/p>\n<p>The company, called HCA, was found to have <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >violated state-level consumer protection laws<\/a>, with possible federal consumer financial protection law violations as well. The for-profit hospital system settled to pay over $75,000 to affected Nevada nurses and nearly $800,000 to the state of Nevada.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3483146\/texas-ban-lab-grown-meat\/\">As Texas bans lab-grown meat, Trump&rsquo;s FDA, USDA advance it<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3483135\/taiwanese-voters-reject-recall-of-china-friendly-lawmakers\/\">Taiwanese voters reject recall of China-friendly lawmakers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3483114\/thailand-cambodia-accuse-each-other-attacks-conflict-death-toll\/\">Thailand and Cambodia accuse each other of new attacks as conflict&#8217;s death toll grows<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;The debt that HCA saddled its prospective employees with was unlawful and hindered the ability of Nevadans to thrive early in their vital careers in the health care industry,&rdquo; said Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford in a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ag.nv.gov\/News\/PR\/2025\/Attorney_General_Ford_Secures_%24862,000_Settlement_with_HCA_Hospital_Systems_for_Unlawful_Training_Repayment_Agreements\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The HCA agreed to pay a total of $2.9 million to California, Nevada and Colorado. In Nevada, nurses will receive approximately $75,776 as full restitution for their forced Training Repayment Agreement Provisions, or TRAPs.<\/p>\n<p>The HCA group will notify eligible nurses, but the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mi-lawmakers-just-made-it-easier-to-commit-election-fraud\/\" title=\"MI Lawmakers Simplify Process for Election Fraud\">attorney general&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s office did not specify when that would be.<\/p>\n<p>Until spring 2023, HCA required nurses hired through their Specialty Training Apprenticeship for Registered Nurses program to sign a contract to repay the HCA if they had not completed their first two years of employment with the company.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s a common practice. Nationwide, of the roughly&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nevadastate.edu\/son\/rn-bsn\/nursing-workforce-shortages-and-high-demand-for-bsn-nurses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">5.8 million<\/a>&nbsp;registered nurses,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalnursesunited.org\/article\/caught-in-a-trap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">one-third<\/a>&nbsp;are estimated to have been in apprenticeships with similar requirements. Those required to pay back training costs have included nurses early in their careers, immigrant nurses and nurses working in areas with few hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Workers must be able to pursue better pay and better working conditions &ndash; not be trapped by debt that their employer makes them take out,&rdquo; said California Attorney General Rob Bonta in a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/investor.hcahealthcare.com\/corporate-profile\/default.aspx#:~:text=HCA%20Healthcare%2C%20Inc.,medical%20supplies%20and%20administrative%20services.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In Nevada, Mountain View Hospital, Sunrise Hospital and Southern Hills Hospital are owned or operated by HCA.<\/p>\n<p>The settlement comes after an investigation by the attorneys general in Nevada, California and Colorado, along with the national Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CFPB.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3481542\/eight-babies-born-via-three-parent-ivf-ethics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">EIGHT BABIES BORN VIA &lsquo;THREE-PARENT IVF&rsquo;: WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THE ETHICS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am proud of today&rsquo;s settlement, which includes full available restitution for the impacted nurses and penalties paid to our state,&rdquo; said Ford. &ldquo;I will not allow bad actors to saddle Nevadans with destructive, unlawful debt as they attempt to develop the skills they need to help make the Silver State safe and healthy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>As part of the settlement, Nevada will receive $786,500 in penalties from the settlement, with the rest to be sent to Colorado and California. 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