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HR 5917 115th Congress House

Professional's Access to Health Workforce Integration Act of 2018

Official title: To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for career support for skilled, internationally educated health professionals, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 22, 2018 See on congress.gov
Health Employment and training programsForeign laborHealth information and medical recordsHealth personnelImmigration status and procedures
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
May 22, 2018
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 Latest action May 22, 2018

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Professional's Access to Health Workforce Integration Act of 2018

This bill authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to support career services for health professionals who are immigrants and are internationally educated. HHS may award five grants to nonprofit and governmental entities for such services. In exchange for career assistance, health professionals must commit to working in medically underserved communities.

HHS may also award a grant to support data collection and analysis of such career services.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5917: Professional's Access to Health Workforce Integration Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5917/
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"H.R. 5917: Professional's Access to Health Workforce Integration Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5917/.
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H.R. 5917, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5917/.
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