HR 6717
116th Congress
House
Immigration
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Foreign labor
Health personnel
Immigration status and procedures
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Visas and passports
Health Care Workforce Protection Act of 2020
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 5, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
May 5, 2020
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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