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HR 6717 116th Congress House

Health Care Workforce Protection Act of 2020

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to extend the period of authorized stay for certain alien health care workers during the COVID-19 emergency period, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 5, 2020 Introduced by: Harder, Josh Democratic · California See on congress.gov
Immigration Cardiovascular and respiratory healthEmergency medical services and trauma careForeign laborHealth personnel
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Health Care Workforce Protection Act of 2020

This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to extend the authorized stay period for certain alien health care workers to until at least 60 days after the end of the declared emergency period stemming from the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak. This extension shall apply to an alien (1) who was admitted into the United States as a health care worker on an H-1B nonimmigrant visa (specialty professions); (2) who served as a health care worker in the United States during the emergency period; and (3) whose employment was terminated during the emergency period, unless the termination was for cause.

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Costa, Jim
California · May 5, 2020
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · May 5, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6717: Health Care Workforce Protection Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6717/
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"H.R. 6717: Health Care Workforce Protection Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6717/.
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H.R. 6717, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6717/.
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