H.R. 10707 — Internationally Trained Physicians Assistance Act of 2026

This section authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to States to develop and implement alternative pathways to licensure for eligible internationally trained physicians, allowing them to practice medicine under the supervision of a fully licensed physician while completing steps 1, 2, and 3 of the United States Medical Licensing Examination. Eligible physicians are those who graduated from a medical school outside the United States or Canada and are lawful permanent residents, refugees, asylees, or otherwise authorized to work in the United States.

This section exempts specified residents who are eligible internationally trained physicians from counting toward a hospital’s full-time equivalent resident cap for Medicare graduate medical education payments, provided the hospital maintains a training agreement with a federally qualified health center or rural hospital, is located in a state permitting such physicians to practice, and predominantly serves medically underserved populations. It also requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to Congress within 180 days on removing the resident cap.

This section authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to States to assist eligible internationally trained physicians in completing steps 1, 2, and 3 of the United States Medical Licensing Examination. Assistance may cover examination costs, career counseling, case management, English as a second language classes, diploma verification, and test preparation courses.