HR 1616 119th Congress House Health Digestive and metabolic diseases Health information and medical records Health personnel Health technology, devices, supplies Medicare

Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act

Introduced: February 26, 2025 Introduced by: LaHood, Darin Republican · Illinois See on congress.gov

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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.

Feb 26, 2025

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Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act

This bill allows a nurse practitioner or physician assistant to fulfill documentation requirements for coverage, under Medicare, of special shoes for diabetic individuals. Under current law, such requirements may be satisfied only by a physician.

What's happening now February 26, 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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Committees of jurisdiction 2

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

Lobbying activity 34

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

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES
for AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES · Virginia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
WHEAT SHROYER GOVERNMENT RELATIONS LLC
for AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS · Virginia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
SOCIETY FOR VASCULAR SURGERY
for SOCIETY FOR VASCULAR SURGERY · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
MASON CONSULTING, LLC
for NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR NURSING · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
MASON CONSULTING, LLC
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PEDIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONERS · New Jersey · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION
for AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION · Maryland · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026

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Cosponsors 56

Goodlander, Maggie

New Hampshire · Jun 23, 2026

Lynch, Stephen F.

Massachusetts · May 21, 2026

Carter, Troy A.

Louisiana · May 20, 2026

Vermont · May 14, 2026

North Carolina · Apr 28, 2026

Thompson, Glenn

Pennsylvania · Apr 22, 2026

South Dakota · Feb 3, 2026

Himes, James A.

Connecticut · Jan 16, 2026

Dingell, Debbie

Michigan · Jan 8, 2026

Steube, W. Gregory

Florida · Jan 7, 2026

Bynum, Janelle S.

Oregon · Dec 19, 2025

Colorado · Dec 18, 2025

New York · Dec 18, 2025

McGovern, James P.

Massachusetts · Dec 12, 2025

Illinois · Dec 10, 2025

Thompson, Bennie G.

Mississippi · Nov 20, 2025

Pingree, Chellie

Maine · Nov 10, 2025

Massachusetts · Nov 4, 2025

Florida · Oct 24, 2025

California · Oct 17, 2025

Walkinshaw, James R.

Virginia · Oct 8, 2025

Magaziner, Seth

Rhode Island · Oct 3, 2025

Bresnahan, Robert P.

Pennsylvania · Sep 30, 2025

Vindman, Eugene Simon

Virginia · Sep 9, 2025

Fitzpatrick, Brian K.

Pennsylvania · Aug 22, 2025

Mississippi · Aug 22, 2025

Bishop, Sanford D.

Georgia · Jul 21, 2025

California · Jul 17, 2025

Ross, Deborah K.

North Carolina · Jul 17, 2025

Miller, Carol D.

West Virginia · Jul 16, 2025

New Mexico · Jun 24, 2025

Gottheimer, Josh

New Jersey · Jun 23, 2025

Scholten, Hillary J.

Michigan · May 19, 2025

Suozzi, Thomas R.

New York · May 13, 2025

Michigan · May 13, 2025

McDonald Rivet, Kristen

Michigan · May 7, 2025

New Hampshire · Apr 29, 2025

Nebraska · Apr 29, 2025

Bonamici, Suzanne

Oregon · Apr 28, 2025

Sewell, Terri A.

Alabama · Apr 28, 2025

Wasserman Schultz, Debbie

Florida · Apr 28, 2025

Massachusetts · Apr 24, 2025

Sherrill, Mikie

New Jersey · Apr 8, 2025

Davis, Donald G.

North Carolina · Apr 7, 2025

Wisconsin · Apr 7, 2025

Norton, Eleanor Holmes

District of Columbia · Apr 7, 2025

Schneider, Bradley Scott

Illinois · Apr 7, 2025

Texas · Apr 3, 2025

Texas · Apr 3, 2025

South Carolina · Apr 3, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1616: Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1616/

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"H.R. 1616: Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1616/.

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H.R. 1616, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1616/.

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