Careworker Visa Act of 2026

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

2026-07-16 — To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for career support for a skilled, internationally educated health care workforce.: cross-connection with internationally-educated-healthcare-workforce-grants: Complementary approaches to healthcare workforce shortages: careworker visa creates an immigration pathway while HR9747 funds career support for already-present internationally educated health workers. (novelty: 2)
2026-06-09 — Careworker Visa Act of 2026: HR9234 (119th Congress) introduced and referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary on 2026-06-09, proposing a dedicated visa pathway for careworkers. (novelty: 3)