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H.R. 4829 118th Congress House

Physical Therapist Workforce and Patient Access Act of 2023

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment program, to … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment program, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand Medicare Rural Health Clinic Services and Federally Qualified Health Center Services to include physical therapy services, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 13, 2023 Introduced by: Diana DeGette Democratic · Colorado See on congress.gov
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Became law
Dec 17, 2024
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 28, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 24, 2023
Introduced in House
Jul 24, 2023
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.
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 Latest action December 17, 2024

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Physical Therapist Workforce and Patient Access Act of 2023

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.

 

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 23
All 23 Democratic 16 Republican 1
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Titus, Dina
Nevada · Sep 6, 2024
 D
Sorensen, Eric
Illinois · Aug 2, 2024
 D
Harder, Josh
California · Jul 15, 2024
Trone, David
· May 28, 2024
 D
Davis, Donald G.
North Carolina · Apr 29, 2024
 D
Ross, Deborah K.
North Carolina · Mar 29, 2024
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Feb 13, 2024
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Feb 13, 2024
 D
Ryan, Patrick
New York · Feb 13, 2024
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Dec 13, 2023
 D
Scott, David
Georgia · Nov 29, 2023
Sablan, Gregorio
· Nov 2, 2023
Higgins, Brian
· Oct 19, 2023
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Oct 10, 2023
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Oct 3, 2023
 D
Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Sep 20, 2023
Phillips, Dean
· Aug 25, 2023
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Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Aug 11, 2023
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Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jul 26, 2023
 D
Tokuda, Jill N.
Hawaii · Jul 26, 2023
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 25, 2023
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Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Jul 25, 2023
Armstrong, Kelly
· Jul 24, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4829: Physical Therapist Workforce and Patient Access Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-4829/
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"H.R. 4829: Physical Therapist Workforce and Patient Access Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-4829/.
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H.R. 4829, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-4829/.
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