Internationally Educated Healthcare Workforce Career Grants (HR9747)

Current understanding

HR9747 would authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants supporting career development for a skilled, internationally educated health care workforce. The bill targets foreign-trained health professionals already in the U.S. by funding programs that help them enter or advance in domestic health care careers, rather than creating a new visa or immigration pathway. Status: introduced.

Evidence log

• 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 h1b-physician-visa: Both address integration of foreign-trained health workers into the U.S. workforce — HR9747 via HHS career grants, HR7961 via visa modifications for physicians. (novelty: 2)

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