[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3726 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3726

To recruit qualified foreign nationals residing in the United States to 
   provide healthcare during a public health emergency at healthcare 
facilities operated by the Department of Health and Human Services, the 
     Department of Defense, or the Department of Veterans Affairs.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 13, 2020

   Mr. Cruz introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
To recruit qualified foreign nationals residing in the United States to 
   provide healthcare during a public health emergency at healthcare 
facilities operated by the Department of Health and Human Services, the 
     Department of Defense, or the Department of Veterans Affairs.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Allowing All to Serve Act''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY HEALTHCARE PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of 
Defense, and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, shall establish a 
program for recruiting aliens who are lawfully present in the United 
States and have medical training to provide healthcare during the 
COVID-19 public health emergency at healthcare facilities owned, 
operated, or managed by--
            (1) the Department of Health and Human Services;
            (2) the Department of Defense; or
            (3) the Department of Veterans Affairs.
    (b) Eligible Aliens.--An alien may participate in the program 
established pursuant to subsection (a) if the alien--
            (1) was admitted to the United States, and has been 
        lawfully residing in the United States continuously during the 
        most recent 2-year period--
                    (A) as a refugee under section 207 of the 
                Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157);
                    (B) as an asylee under section 208 of such Act (8 
                U.S.C. 1158); or
                    (C) in temporary protected status under section 244 
                of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a);
            (2) is a qualified healthcare provider, whose healthcare 
        services are needed at a facility referred to in subsection (a) 
        to meet increased staffing needs to respond to the COVID-19 
        pandemic;
            (3) possesses medical training or skills that are relevant 
        to the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of COVID-19; and
            (4) meets all other qualification criteria considered 
        necessary by the Federal Department to which the alien is 
        assigned.
    (c) Maximum Participants.--Not more than 10,000 eligible aliens may 
participate in the program established pursuant to subsection (a).
    (d) Length of Participation.--Eligible aliens selected to 
participate in the program--
            (1) shall commit to remain in the program until the earlier 
        of--
                    (A) 6 months after the date on which the alien 
                began such participation; or
                    (B) the date set forth in paragraph (2); and
            (2) may participate in the program established pursuant to 
        subsection (a) until the date on which the national emergency 
        declared by the President under the National Emergencies Act 
        (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) with respect to COVID-19 is 
        terminated.
    (e) Supervision.--Program participants shall be directly supervised 
by medical professionals who have a current license to practice 
medicine in the United States, in accordance with guidelines 
promulgated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the 
Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, as 
applicable.
    (f) Non-Preference.--Nothing in this section may be construed to 
authorize the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department 
of Defense, or the Department of Veterans Affairs to give preference to 
the recruitment of healthcare providers described in subsection (b) 
over the recruitment of healthcare providers otherwise authorized to 
work in the United States who are not described in such subsection.
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