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- Conrad 30 Bill Reintroduced to Address Physician Shortages
To address physician shortages throughout the country, federal lawmakers reintroduced a bipartisan bill to allow qualified international medical graduates (IMGs) to stay in the United States and serve in underserved communities.
Reintroduced in the House by Reps. David Valadao (CA-22), Brad Schneider (IL-10), Don Bacon (NE-02), and Sylvia Garcia (TX-29), and in the Senate by Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Susan Collins (R-ME), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Jacky Rosen (D-NV), the Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act (HR 1518/S 709) would reauthorize and modify the Conrad 30 program, which allows foreign doctors studying in the United States under a J-1 visa to circumvent a two-year home country requirement following medical residency, and instead begin providing necessary patient care immediately.
Addressing workforce shortages and meeting growing patient care demands continues to be an advocacy priority for the CAP.
The CAP will continue tracking this legislation and provide updates as they become available.