H.R. 1171 119th 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: December 1, 2025 Introduced by: Carol D. Miller Republican · West Virginia See on congress.gov

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

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Feb 10, 2025

Introduced in House

Feb 10, 2025

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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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.

Related & companion bills 1

Bill text 1 version

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Committees of jurisdiction 2

Energy and Commerce Committee
House of Representatives
Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 33

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

THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC. (AOTA)
for THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC. (AOTA) · Maryland · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
LIBERTY PARTNERS GROUP, LLC
for ALLIANCE FOR PHYSICAL THERAPY QUALITY AND INNOVATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
HOOPER, LUNDY & BOOKMAN, P.C.
for APTA PRIVATE PRACTICE · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
ALLIANCE FOR PHYSICAL THERAPY QUALITY AND INNOVATION
for ALLIANCE FOR PHYSICAL THERAPY QUALITY AND INNOVATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
HOOPER, LUNDY & BOOKMAN, P.C.
for APTA PRIVATE PRACTICE · Virginia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
LIBERTY PARTNERS GROUP, LLC
for ALLIANCE FOR PHYSICAL THERAPY QUALITY AND INNOVATION · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
33 filings
SENATE
33 filings
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
18 filings
Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
17 filings
Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)
8 filings
Administration on Aging
7 filings
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
7 filings
Education, Dept of
7 filings

A filing lists the bills it worked on and the parts of government it contacted in separate sections, so these are the bodies those filers named anywhere in the filing, not a per-bill breakdown.

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Cosponsors 54