CGFNSInternational, the US’ issuer on Visa Screens for nurses and other alliedhealthcare professions, hasissued a letter to its Pennsylvania senators expressing concern overS.386 Fairness bill. That bill woulddecimate healthcare immigration into the US, asexplained in our March blog post. The letter also notes that the American Hospital Association and thePhilippine Nurses Association of America also do not support the bill.
The letter, whichis signed by CGFNS President and CEO Franklin Shaffer, explains that while thebills’ aims are understandable, the consequence of the bill would be to createvisa retrogressions for every country. Shaffer asks that the bill is modified to ensure that healthcareprofessionals, including nurses, are not negatively impacted by this bill.
There has been anintense effort to modify the bill to protect US patients by continuing to allowbadly needed nurses and healthcare professionals into the US. A competitive bill, sponsoredby Sen. Rand Paul and titled the BELIEVE Act, would meet both aims:eliminate the unfair per country quotas, while still allowing nurses andhealthcare professionals into the US.