Title: Health Care Workforce Protection Act of 2020
Policy area: Immigration

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.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6717 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6717

 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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 5, 2020

  Mr. Harder of California (for himself, Mr. McGovern, and Mr. Costa) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Health Care Workforce Protection Act 
of 2020''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZED STAY FOR CERTAIN ALIEN HEALTH CARE 
              WORKERS DURING COVID-19 EMERGENCY PERIOD.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall extend 
the period of authorized stay for a covered alien healthcare worker 
until a date that is not earlier than the date that is 60 days after 
the end of the emergency period described in subparagraph (B) of 
section 1135(g)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b-
5(g)(1)).
    (b) Covered Alien Healthcare Worker.--The term ``covered alien 
healthcare worker'' means an alien--
            (1) who was admitted to the United States under section 
        101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) to perform services as a health care 
        worker;
            (2) who was serving in such capacity in the United States 
        for any period of time during the emergency period described in 
        subsection (a); and
            (3) whose employment or work contract described in 
        paragraph (2) was terminated during such period, except in the 
        case that such employment or contract was terminated for cause.
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