Welcome Back to the Health Care Workforce Act

This bill would require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, within one year, to award grants to groups of two or more organizations, such as hospitals, colleges, nonprofits, and state or local governments, to help health care professionals educated in other countries join the U.S. health care workforce. To qualify for help, these professionals must be permanent residents, refugees, people granted asylum, or others authorized to work in the U.S. Grant funds would pay for things like licensing help, English classes, exam preparation, career counseling, mentoring, and support for living expenses. Grant recipients would have to report each year on how many people they served and how many found health care jobs. The bill authorizes funding for fiscal years 2027 through 2031.

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Sponsors

• Tim Kaine Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors