SB3211: Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act
- 1Introduced (current step)
- 2Passed One Chamber
- 3Passed Both Chambers
- 4Became Law
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Summary
A bill to enhance our Nation's nurse and physician workforce by recapturing unused immigrant visas.
Plain-language summary
This bill would allow unused immigrant visas from previous years to be redirected toward hiring foreign-trained nurses and physicians for U.S. healthcare. Currently, immigrant visas that go unused in one year typically expire and cannot be used later. The bill aims to address healthcare worker shortages by making these recaptured visas available specifically for medical professionals. It has bipartisan sponsorship from 20 senators and was recently introduced in Congress.
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SB3211: Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act
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Sponsors
Richard Durbin
Primary SponsorCo-sponsors (19)
Kevin Cramer
Cory Booker
Susan Collins
Thomas Carper
Joni Ernst