Support and work to pass the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act to recapture unused immigrant visas for nurses and physicians to strengthen the health care workforce.

Richard J. Durbin · Illinois · Democratic

policy impact 0.68 specificity 0.86 extraction confidence 82%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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Occurrences

In 2025, Durbin introduced the bipartisan Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, which would allow for the recapture of 25,000 unused immigrant visas for nurses and 15,000 unused immigrant visas for physicians that Congress has previously authorized—providing a desperately needed boost to our health care system in rural and urban areas.

Durbin cited his Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act as a proposal to recapture unused visas for nurses and physicians to address workforce needs.

Durbin Joins Illinois Wesleyan University For Roundtable Discussion On Health Care Workforce Shortage
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Evidence

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GovInfo lists S. 2759 in the 119th Congress as the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, sponsored by Richard J. Durbin, with the action: introduced, read twice, and referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official bill record shows Durbin took concrete action in the same Senate term by introducing the HWRA, but the recorded status is committee referral, not passage or enactment.

unresolved same_term A for effort

S. 2759 (IS) - Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act
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Durbin's Senate office said he introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation that would recapture 25,000 unused immigrant visas for nurses and 15,000 for physicians.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The release documents support and advocacy for the specific policy, including bipartisan partners and bill details, but does not show final passage.

partial same_term A for effort

Durbin, Cramer, Schneider, Bacon Introduce Bipartisan Bill Addressing Shortage Of Doctors, Nurses
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Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): never. same_term A for effort

Durbin materially supported the promise in the same federal Senate term by sponsoring and introducing S. 2759, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, which would recapture unused immigrant visas for nurses and physicians. However, the bill’s recorded status remains introduction and referral to the Senate Judiciary Committee, with no passage by either chamber and no enactment. Because he made a serious legislative attempt but the promised passage/outcome was not delivered, this should be scored as not fulfilled with effort credit.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%