3.0.0 898 2023-01-11T13:36:57Z 2023-01-11T13:36:57Z Senate S 2017-04-07 115 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-04-07T16:03:18Z Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act 115 2141 HR 2017-04-25 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Identical bill CRS 2017-04-07 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2017-04-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN N C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2017-04-07 True H001069 Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND] Heidi Heitkamp D ND 2017-04-07 True M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS 2017-04-24 False E000295 Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] Joni Ernst R IA 2018-02-28 False K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2018-03-05 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 2017-04-07 Introduced in Senate 2017-10-19T18:35:51Z Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act

This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994 to extend the J-1 visa waiver program (Conrad state 30/medical services in underserved areas) through September 30, 2021.

The bill sets forth specified employment protections and contract requirements for alien physicians working in underserved areas, including: (1) a six-month status extension for a physician whose application his been denied by an oversubscribed state and who then agrees to work in an undersubscribed state, and (2) an allowable adjustment from a J-1 to an H-1B visa (specialty workers with a permitted U.S. stay of up to six years) for a physician fulfilling waiver requirements.

The bill permits a state, under specified circumstances, to recapture a waiver slot lost to another state if a physician working in a health facility accepts employment with such a facility in another state.

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

The bill provides for: (1) additional increases or decreases based upon demand, and (2) up to three visa waivers per fiscal year per state for physicians in academic medical centers.

Dual intent is permitted 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.

]]> Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act Display Title Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization 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 Reauthorization Act Introduced in Senate 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s898is/xml/BILLS-115s898is.xml 2017-04-07 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.