Conrad 30 Physician Workforce Optimization Act

This bill would raise from 10 to 15 the number of "flex waivers" each State may grant to foreign doctors on J-1 visas who seek to skip the 2-year home-country residence requirement. It would require U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to create an online portal listing J-1 doctors who applied for a waiver but were not selected, or who could not apply because a State's cap was reached. States and employers with unused waivers could use the portal to find and interview these doctors during a secondary match period of up to 60 days before March 1. Employers using the process would have to certify that they are in a shortage or underserved area (or seeking a flex waiver) and that they advertised the job without success.

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Sponsors

• Kevin Cramer Republican sponsor
• 1 cosponsors