S 717 119th Congress Senate Health Cardiovascular and respiratory health Health personnel Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicare Nursing

Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act of 2025

Introduced: February 25, 2025 Introduced by: Capito, Shelley Moore Republican · West Virginia See on congress.gov

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Feb 25, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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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.

What's happening now February 25, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Related & companion bills 2

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Lobbying activity 45

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
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 HEART ASSOCIATION
for AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
for AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026

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Cosponsors 1

Klobuchar, Amy

Minnesota · Feb 25, 2025

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APA

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/

MLA

"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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