3.0.0 1189 2023-01-11T13:31:13Z 2023-01-11T13:31:13Z Senate S 2015-05-05 114 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-05-05T15:33:35Z Doctors Helping Heroes Act of 2015 114 1272 HR 2015-03-31 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. Related bill CRS 2015-05-05 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2015-05-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN N H001069 Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND] Heidi Heitkamp D ND 2015-05-05 True M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS 2015-05-05 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2015-05-05 True 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 2015-05-05 Introduced in Senate 2015-06-22T14:30:35Z Conrad State 30 and Physician Access 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.

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 the date of enactment of this Act and any spouses or children of such alien physicians).

Sets forth specified employment protections and contract requirements for alien physicians working in underserved areas, including a six-month status extension for a physician whose application his been denied by an oversubscribed state who then agrees to work in an undersubscribed state.

Increases the number of alien physicians that a state may be allocated from 30 to 35 per fiscal year under 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 H-1B nonimmigrant aliens seeking to enter the United States to pursue graduate medical education or training from specified entry limitations.

]]> Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Act Display Title Conrad State 30 and Physician Access 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 IS Short Titles as Introduced Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Act Introduced in Senate 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1189is/xml/BILLS-114s1189is.xml 2015-05-05 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.