Rural and Underserved Health Care Staffing Act
Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Summary
It tells federal agencies to treat qualified locum tenens physicians and advanced practitioners as independent contractors, not employees, when applying labor and benefits laws. The change only applies to services performed after the law takes effect and does not override state licensing or tax rules. The goal is to give rural and underserved health facilities more flexibility in hiring temporary clinicians.
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