H.R. 7618 118th Congress House

SAFE Act

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include physical therapists and occupational therapists as health professionals for purposes of the annual w… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include physical therapists and occupational therapists as health professionals for purposes of the annual wellness visit under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 11, 2024 Introduced by: Carol D. Miller Republican · West Virginia See on congress.gov

Health AgingCongressional oversightHealth promotion and preventive careLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedicare

Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps

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Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Dec 17, 2024

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Mar 15, 2024

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Mar 11, 2024

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.

Mar 11, 2024

Introduced in House

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Latest action December 17, 2024

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Stopping Addiction and Falls for the Elderly Act or the SAFE Act

This bill incorporates risk assessments and prevention services for falls into annual wellness visits and initial preventive physical exams under Medicare, as well as associated services provided by physical therapists and occupational therapists.

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Committees of jurisdiction 4

Energy and Commerce Committee
House of Representatives
Health Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Ways and Means Committee
Health Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Energy and Commerce Committee
Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 1

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

AARP
for AARP · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
1 filing
Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
1 filing
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
1 filing
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
1 filing
General Services Administration (GSA)
1 filing
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
1 filing
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1 filing
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
1 filing

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Cosponsors 33