3.0.0 1979 2019-02-20T23:23:57Z 2019-02-24T01:48:07Z Senate S S 2011-12-12 112 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-12-12T23:00:42Z 2011-12-12 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2011-12-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000705 Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] KENT CONRAD D ND N M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS 2011-12-12 True U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2012-01-24 False B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO 2012-02-01 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2012-02-01 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2012-04-16 False T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. 2012-05-21 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2012-05-22 False H001061 Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] John Hoeven R ND 2012-06-29 False B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2012-07-30 False Immigration Foreign labor Health care coverage and access Health personnel Immigration status and procedures Medical education Rural conditions and development Visas and passports Immigration 00 2011-12-12 Introduced in Senate 2012-02-16T20:35:26Z Conrad State 30 Improvement Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994 to make the J-1 visa waiver (Conrad state 30/medical services in underserved areas) program permanent.

Includes in the priority worker preference allocation for employment-based immigrants alien physicians who have completed service requirements of a state waiver or exemption, plus an additional two years at the waiver-identified location or in a health care shortage area (including alien physicians who completed such service prior to enactment of this Act).

Exempts H-1B nonimmigrant aliens seeking to enter the United States to pursue graduate medical education or training from specified entry limitations (including permitting extension of the six-year authorized period of admission under specified circumstances).

Increases the number of alien physicians that a state may be allocated from 30 to 35 per fiscal year under specified circumstances.

Permits an alien physician, after fulfilling a three-year service period with a health care employer, to apply for employment with a new health care employer in a health care shortage area.

]]> Conrad State 30 Improvement Act Short Titles as Introduced Conrad State 30 Improvement Act Display Title Conrad State 30 Improvement Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide incentives to physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2011-12-12T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1979is/xml/BILLS-112s1979is.xml 2011-12-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.