I am very pleased to support H.R. 2759. legislation that is responsive to a crisis facing some large hospitals with high percentages of Medicare and Medicaid patients in health professional shortage areas. The viability of essential health care for large numbers of people is threatened when certain acute care facilities in medically underserved. impoverished communities cannot recruit sufficient numbers of registered nurses to meet their requirements. H.R. 2759 provides such hospitals relief in compelling circumstances by facilitating the temporary administration of registered nurses in an H1C nonimmigrant visa category. subject to a nationwide ceiling of 500 visas issued annually and limits of 50 or 25. depending on a States population. on the numbers of nurses who can be approved each year for hospitals in any one State. This narrowly focused program. which will sunset after a 4year period. is designed to address urgent needs that cannot be met in any other way. St.
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