S 2225 119th Congress Senate Health Contracts and agency Health care coverage and access Health personnel Home and outpatient care Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicare

Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2025

Introduced: July 9, 2025 Introduced by: Luján, Ben Ray Democratic · New Mexico See on congress.gov

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Jul 9, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2025

This bill allows a physical therapist to receive payment under Medicare for services provided to the physical therapist's patients by another physical therapist through a qualifying temporary arrangement, regardless of the geographic area or population served. Currently, physical therapists may only receive payment with respect to such arrangements for services provided in medically underserved, rural, or health professional shortage areas.

What's happening now July 9, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Lobbying activity 11

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AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION
for AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION · Virginia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
HOOPER, LUNDY & BOOKMAN, P.C.
for APTA PRIVATE PRACTICE · Virginia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION
for AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION · Virginia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION
for AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION · Virginia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
HOOPER, LUNDY & BOOKMAN, P.C.
for APTA PRIVATE PRACTICE · Virginia · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025
AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION
for AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION · Virginia · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025

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Cosponsors 11

Heinrich, Martin

New Mexico · May 11, 2026

Kelly, Mark

Arizona · Apr 16, 2026

Klobuchar, Amy

Minnesota · Jan 14, 2026

Capito, Shelley Moore

West Virginia · Oct 21, 2025

Cassidy, Bill

Louisiana · Sep 11, 2025

Blackburn, Marsha

Tennessee · Sep 4, 2025

Coons, Christopher A.

Delaware · Jul 31, 2025

Budd, Ted

North Carolina · Jul 30, 2025

Boozman, John

Arkansas · Jul 9, 2025

Cramer, Kevin

North Dakota · Jul 9, 2025

Grassley, Chuck

Iowa · Jul 9, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2225: Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2225/

MLA

"S. 2225: Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2225/.

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S. 2225, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2225/.

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[S. 2225: Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2025](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2225/)