Welcome Back to the Health Care Workforce Act

This bill would require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants, within one year of enactment, to groups of two or more organizations such as hospitals, colleges, nonprofits, and governments. The grants would help health care professionals who were educated in other countries and are legally allowed to work in the United States join and advance in the U.S. health care workforce. Grant funds would pay for things like licensing help, English language and exam preparation courses, career counseling, mentoring, and employer education. Priority would go to projects in rural communities and in areas with health care worker shortages. Grant recipients would report yearly on participants, and the Secretary would report to Congress each year.

Full text and official record on Congress.gov

Sponsors

• Raja Krishnamoorthi Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors