Physical Therapist Workforce and Patient Access Act of 2025
Summary
Physical Therapist Workforce and Patient Access Act of 2025 This bill expands certain health professional programs and Medicare covered services to include physical therapists. Specifically, the bill expands the National Health Service Corps to include physical therapists and provides for the designation of specific health professional target areas for physical therapists under the program. The bill also expands covered services of rural health clinics and federally qualified health centers under Medicare to include physical therapy services. The bill increases funds for FY2025 for the corps and requires a certain amount of funds to be used for student loan repayments for participating physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Sep 30, 2025
Last action Sep 30, 2025
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Committee
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Sep 30, 2025
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
lower
Sep 30, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 32 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Diana DeGette
DDemocratic
Co
Adelita S. Grijalva
DDemocratic
Co
André Carson
DDemocratic
Co
Angie Craig
DDemocratic
Co
Becca Balint
DDemocratic
Co
Chellie Pingree
DDemocratic
Co
Chrissy Houlahan
DDemocratic
Co
Cleo Fields
DDemocratic
Co
Darren Soto
DDemocratic
Co
Debbie Dingell
DDemocratic
Co
Deborah K. Ross
DDemocratic
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