Trio Of Bills Would Boost Immigrant Providers To Bolster Workforce

A new set of bills introduced by Reps. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) and Adam Smith (D-WA) could help alleviate some of the health care sector’s staffing shortages by increasing the number of immigrant providers who enter and remain in the workforce, a solution that stakeholders have clashed over in recent months. Roybal-Allard and Smith on Thursday (June 9) introduced three bills meant to provide support for current immigrant providers and immigrants interested in pursuing a career in health care: the Professional’s...