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HR 8022 117th Congress House

International Medical Graduates Assistance Act of 2022

Official title: To address barriers immigrants and refugees face to entering the health care workforce, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 9, 2022 Introduced by: Smith, Adam Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
Health Area studies and international educationCongressional oversightEducation programs fundingForeign labor
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Foreign language and bilingual programsHealth personnelHealth programs administration and fundingInternational exchange and broadcastingLicensing and registrationsMedical educationRefugees, asylum, displaced persons
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It never became law before the 117th Congress (2021–2022) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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International Medical Graduates Assistance Act of 2022

This bill authorizes grants and makes other changes to facilitate the practice of medicine by international medical graduates who are lawfully present in the United States and graduated from a medical school outside of the United States or Canada.

Specifically, the Department of Health and Human Services may award grants for states and territories to

  • establish programs that allow such international medical graduates to practice medicine under the supervision of a licensed physician while completing the first two steps of the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination, and
  • provide assistance (e.g., costs to take the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination and career counseling) to such international medical graduates.

The bill also exempts under certain circumstances such international medical graduates from the cap on full-time equivalent residents that is otherwise applicable for purposes of graduate medical education payments under Medicare.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8022: International Medical Graduates Assistance Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8022/
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"H.R. 8022: International Medical Graduates Assistance Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8022/.
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H.R. 8022, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8022/.
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