3.0.0 1272 2023-01-11T13:28:12Z 2023-01-11T13:28:12Z House HR 2015-03-04 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 37 (Wednesday, March 4, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. BERA:H.R. 1272.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8[Page H1615]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee Referred to 2015-03-31T21:01:09Z Referred to 2015-03-04T15:06:30Z Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Act 114 1189 S 2015-05-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2015-03-31 hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. Committee 2015-03-04 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2015-03-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-03-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001287 Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-7] Ami Bera D CA 7 N M001187 Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11] Mark Meadows R NC 11 2015-03-04 True R000599 Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36] Raul Ruiz D CA 36 2015-04-29 False O000170 Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16] Beto O'Rourke D TX 16 2015-09-30 False Immigration Foreign labor Health care coverage and access Health personnel Immigration status and procedures Medical education Rural conditions and development Veterans' medical care Visas and passports Immigration 00 2015-03-04 Introduced in House 2015-03-20T14:54:24Z Doctors Helping Heroes Act of 2015

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994 to make permanent the J-1 visa waiver program (Conrad state 30/medical services in underserved areas).

Excludes from numerical immigration limitations alien physicians who have completed national interest waiver requirements by working in a health care shortage area (including alien physicians who completed such service before enactment of this Act and any of their spouses or children).

Sets forth specified employment protections and contract requirements for alien physicians working in underserved areas.

Increases the number of alien physicians that a state may be allocated from 30 to 35 per fiscal year in specified circumstances. Provides for additional increases or decreases based upon demand.

Provides up to three visa waivers per fiscal year per state for physicians in academic medical centers.

Permits dual intent for an alien coming to the United States to receive graduate medical education or training, or to take examinations required for graduate medical education or training.

Exempts from specified entry limitations H-1B nonimmigrant aliens seeking to enter the United States to pursue graduate medical education or training.

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize waiver of the two-year foreign residency requirement for an alien who has received graduate medical eduction or training in the United States and seeks to apply for an immigrant visa or permanent resident status if:

  • the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) determines that VA facilities are not capable of furnishing covered health services to eligible veterans because they lack the required personnel or cannot provide timely and reasonable access; and
  • the head of the appropriate state agency determines that the alien will practice medicine in a Veterans Health Administration facility, the alien physician's work is in the public interest, and such waiver would not cause the number of waivers allotted for that state for that fiscal year to exceed five.
]]> Doctors Helping Heroes Act of 2015 Display Title Doctors Helping Heroes Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced To provide incentives to physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Doctors Helping Heroes Act of 2015 Introduced in House 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr1272ih/xml/BILLS-114hr1272ih.xml 2015-03-31 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. 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.