The bill, HR 2536, will set aside 20,000 employment-based visas every year for foreign-educated registered nurses and physical therapists in the next three years. Additionally, funding would be provided for U.S. nursing schools to “expand the domestic supply of nurses,” according to the report.
A three-year pilot program to keep U.S. nurses in the workforce would also be developed under this bill.
Read the AHA release about the proposed nursing bill.
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