MI SR0158

Calls on Congress to enact the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act to address healthcare worker shortages exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in rural areas.

Requests allocation of up to 40,000 unused employment-based green cards from previous years to immigrant doctors and nurses to increase healthcare workforce capacity.

Removes geographic restrictions on immigrant healthcare workers holding H-1B visas, allowing them to practice anywhere in the United States rather than only in their designated local area.

Eliminates per-country caps on green card allocation for healthcare workers, allowing doctors and nurses to avoid years- or decades-long immigration backlogs.

Directs transmission of the resolution to the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, President of the U.S. Senate, and Michigan's congressional delegation.