US HB2536 | 2009-2010 | 111th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on May 20 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-06-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on May 20 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-06-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act - Amends the American Competitiveness in the Twenty-first Century Act of 2000 to lift until September 30, 2012, the numerical limitations on employment-based immigrants (and accompanying family members) hired as nurses and physical therapists, subject to a cap of 20,000 visas. Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award annual grants to nursing schools to increase the number of faculty and students at such schools. Establishes in the Treasury a Domestic Nursing Enhancement Account to fund such grant program. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) allow an alien who has been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence and is a physician or other health care worker to work in a candidate country (defined to include a lower middle income country or one experiencing a natural disaster) without losing eligibility for naturalization; and (2) make inadmissible alien physicians or health care workers who have an outstanding obligation to their country of origin based upon financial assistance received from such country for medical training. Allows a waiver of inadmissibility under certain circumstances. Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a partnership program to award grants to certain healthcare and training entities to provide education to nurses and create a pipeline to nursing for incumbent ancillary health care workers who wish to advance their careers. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to collect and report to Congress on specified data on alien workers employed as professional nurses or physical therapists.
Title
Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act
Sponsors
Rep. Brian Bilbray [R-CA] | Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN] | Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY] | Rep. Joseph Pitts [R-PA] |
Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI] | Rep. Robert Wexler [D-FL] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2009-06-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. | |
2009-05-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | |
2009-05-20 | Referred to House Energy and Commerce | |
2009-05-20 | Referred to House Judiciary | |
2009-05-20 | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
Same As/Similar To
SB3135 (Related) 2010-03-17 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1672)
Subjects
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Allied health services
Citizenship and naturalization
Department of Homeland Security
Education programs funding
Foreign labor
Government information and archives
Health
Health personnel
Immigration status and procedures
Medical education
Nursing
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
User charges and fees
Visas and passports
World health
Administrative remedies
Allied health services
Citizenship and naturalization
Department of Homeland Security
Education programs funding
Foreign labor
Government information and archives
Health
Health personnel
Immigration status and procedures
Medical education
Nursing
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
User charges and fees
Visas and passports
World health
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/2536/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr2536/BILLS-111hr2536ih.pdf |