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To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide nonimmigrant status to nurses working in certain facilities.
Summary
This bill creates a new nonimmigrant visa program, called the NURSE Visa, to allow nurses to work in the United States in areas designated as nursing shortage areas by the Health Resources and Services Administration. The bill increases the annual visa cap from 500 to 20,000 visas per fiscal year and removes previous state-by-state limitations. Healthcare facilities that employ nurses under this visa program must have a policy in place regarding provider-to-patient staffing ratios. The Secretaries of Health and Human Services and State are required to issue implementing regulations within one year of enactment. The bill takes effect upon enactment.
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- Feb 4, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- Feb 4, 2026 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 4, 2026
Mr. Beyer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide nonimmigrant status to nurses working in certain facilities.
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 “National Urgent Recruitment for Skilled Employees Visa Act of 2026” or the “NURSE Visa Act of 2026”.
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION OF NONIMMIGRANT NURSES.
(a) Number of Visas.—Section 212(m)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(m)(4)) is amended—
(1) by striking “500. The number of such visas issued for employment in each State in each fiscal year shall not exceed the following:” and inserting “20,000. Such visas shall be issued to employ a nonimmigrant to perform nursing services in a shortage area (as designated by the the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration).”; and
(2) by striking subparagraphs (A) through (C).
(b) Provider Staffing Ratio Required.—Section 212(m)(6) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(m)(6)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(C) The facility has in place a policy with respect to a provider-to-patient staffing ratio.”.
(c) Regulations Required.—Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of State shall issue regulations necessary to implement the amendments made by this section.
(d) Applicability.—This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to a petition for a nonimmigrant visa issued pursuant to a petition granted under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(c)). <all>
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