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HR 5621 119th Congress House Health

Physical Therapist Workforce and Patient Access Act of 2025

Introduced: September 30, 2025 Introduced by: DeGette, Diana Democratic · Colorado 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.
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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.

 

What's happening now September 30, 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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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5621: Physical Therapist Workforce and Patient Access Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5621/
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"H.R. 5621: Physical Therapist Workforce and Patient Access Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5621/.
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H.R. 5621, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5621/.
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