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S. 717 119th Congress Senate

Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand and expedite access to cardiac rehabilitation programs and pulmonary rehabilitation programs u… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand and expedite access to cardiac rehabilitation programs and pulmonary rehabilitation programs under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 25, 2025 Introduced by: Shelley Moore Capito Republican · West Virginia See on congress.gov
Health Cardiovascular and respiratory healthHealth personnelLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedicareNursing
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Feb 25, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 25, 2025
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act of 2025

This bill expands coverage of cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs under Medicare.

Specifically, the bill allows physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists to administer these programs in their offices, prepare and sign treatment plans, and prescribe exercise.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 6894 Identical bill Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act of 2025
  • S 575 I CAN Act
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Feb 25, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 717: Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-717/
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"S. 717: Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-717/.
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S. 717, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-717/.
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